Product: A Clockwork Orange [VHS] (1972)
Rating: 5.0
Brilliant, satirical, dramatic.. this movie is amazing
A Clockwork Orange is a brilliant movie. It chronicles the travails of Alex DeLarge, skilfully played by Malcolm McDowell. He goes about robbing, beating and hurting innocent people with his band of 'Droogs' until he finds himself in jail, where he undergoes an experimental 'rehabilitation' process that turns him into a zombie incapable of making rational choices, regardless of how violent or warped they may be. Ultimately, A Clockwork Orange is Kubrick at his best: it's satirical, dramatic, hilarious and scathingly cynical. McDowell is brilliant - it's the best thing he's ever done. And, for all of those under the impression that this movie is ultra-violent and sick, rest easy. A Clockwork Orange is, by today's standards, relatively standard fare. The most chilling part about it is how accurate and razor sharp its social satire is.