As I was afraid to laugh, this movie is a dark comedy

Rating: 8/10 (12 May 2011)

I give this movie an 8 because it flows along from beginning to end in absurd Hunter S. Thompson like fashion much like the movies "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Crank." So, it isn't an original. About the segment of society that is cool-as-a-cucumber and sophisticated, "American Psycho" is "The Matrix" with color added. The antagonist bad guy in this movie is not an an individual but more of an abstract expressing how a lone psychopathic killer can go unnoticed in a sociopathic business world. Christian Bale plays the part of vice president Patrick Bateman. Patrick Bateman plays the part of me, myself and I which Freud commonly referred to as the "It" (id) character to the ego and the superego. It loves himself. It only thinks about himself. It wants the best business card. It humps and pumps faceless women while cherishing and filming himself. It wants to be able to call a restaurant and get an immediate reservation. When It doesn't get what he wants, he kills out in the open any time and any where. There is certainly a lot to explore in the depths of this disturbing dark comedy. Perhaps the reason this movie is so puzzling to many is because it accurately portrays society for what it is. While those on top of the world like to think of themselves as above nature, they are in fact the top predators in it.