A good movie, none the less

Rating: Null/10 (8 June 2001)

I was picturing descriptive details of mind-numbingly painful to watch grusome killings -- what I got is something much more better, and, secretely in the back of my mind, I knew it was this good. It's the not one of the best films you'll ever see, or as one would say (look below), a new low, but rather a genuine experience that feels good and feels right. It appeals to me very much in the way that "The Ice Storm" does.
One of the things you'll notice is the great acting by Christian Bale. He's terrific -- and he fits the character. The yuppie style is all him. He lives it, breathes it, sleeps it. He always (as it seems like) listens to some popular 80's band/artist whenever he wants, and that's most of the time (this film is in 1987).
I liked this movie because of how well the frustrations were thought out in the yuppie lifestyle of the 1980's. There's not much blood, really, because frankly, it doesn't matter. It isn't a slasher film. It is a good film about dead society and how it makes people realize that they're both economically and publically brilliant and yet sadly alone.