Product: A Clockwork Orange [VHS] (1972)
Rating: 5.0
A Clockwork Orange
Yes, it's a violent, disgusting, strange, off the wall, and shocking film, but it is Stanley Kubrick's best work. It tells the tale of a young thug in Britain, on the fast track to nowhere, who spends his time, along with his other gang members, beating up people, raping women, and battling rival gangs. Malcolm McDowell plays the young thug, brilliantly. Some of the most interesting parts of the movie are the set designs. Most of the sets are all white, accenting the characters in the foreground, making you want to pay attention to them even more. The young hoodlum eventually goes to jail for his crimes, where he becomes a test subject by the government for a new cure for mental illness. The scientists who have him imprisoned use all if the violent and destructive and perverse things that he did against him, which makes him sick every time he thinks about doing something wrong. The results are startling, and the movie has one of the best endings ever.