An American point of view on morale

Rating: 5/10 (9 October 2013)

It's basically 1:20 hour of people getting murdered, not much to it. Only at the end did something bother me, even the psychopath enjoy murder because it's forbidden. Why would anyone start murdering people just because it's allowed ?
This movie is, from my point of view, a satire on religion. Religion teaches you that your natural instinct is to do bad stuff but you have to refrain those instincts in order to go to heaven.
Religion is not explicitly mentioned but it's hard to miss the parallels: - It's about being purified (as a society, but still) - "blessed be our New Founding Fathers" Clearly these are some kind of prophets - "A nation Reborn" Clear reference to the "chosen people".
So when the almighty Godvernment (get it ?) allows it, everyone rushes back to its (would-be natural) bad instincts and starts killing, torturing and raping for one night and then just stops being violent because for the next year it's not allowed anymore.
Of course some people do not understand morale but in real life, it doesn't take a government to tell you it's bad to do harm, just like it doesn't take religion. I have a hard time believing that everyone would start killing each other if murder wasn't something forbidden (either by religion or government).
Smart idea for the scenarist... This is why I gave it five even for such a (seemingly) pointlessly violent movie.