Product: A Clockwork Orange (1972)
Rating: 5.0
A Clockwork Orange is top notch!
A Clockwork Orange is nothing short of one of the most fantastic movies of all time. Its premise is dark, brooding, yet all too realistic. A gang of thugs out of control, led by Alex (the main character), is warped by visions of rape and violence by which they rule the streets. Suddenly, the leader is under State arrest and there is a plan to "cure" him of his dementia. The plan involves psychoanalytic therapy, a "good 'ol dose of his own medicine", so to speak. Forced to view movies depicting the same violence he brought upon others, young Alex seems cured.. but is he?? That's where the fun begins in ACO, a raucous, shocking, intelligent, vibrant, and potent film that leaves you with more questions than answers. Never have I seen a film so original and so unnerving at the same time. This is definitely a classic, even if it remains to be "unknown" by the general movie population (snubbed at the Oscars in '71). I saw this when I was 9 years old, read the original novel at age 10, and have yet to see a movie come close to its impact (some 15 years later and counting...)