somehow manages to be tastefully gory

Rating: Null/10 (31 January 2004)

This chilling of a cold blooded killer, with no guilt, no remorse, and no soul, I haven't seen since Alex Delarge in "A Clockwork Orange"...what is surprising is that this film manages to be both horrifying and clever at the same time, showing what it is to be a cold blood yuppie who takes nothing in his life seriously except the taking of other lives...we see him select his body treatments with the same coolness he selects his murder weapons...we see his rise and peak, and eventual cracking of the facade in his confession to his lawyer...Christian Bale takes the term "cold blooded killer" to a new cinematic level...there is no rage there is no violent passion, just smooth calculation in everything he does...even when he is speaking the undeniable truth about his true behaviour- "I'm in murders and executions"- the superficial yuppie crowd doesn't see it...and those who do become part of his collection...bottom line: if you wanna be creeped out, watch this movie.