Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, James Marcus
Certificate:18
Genre: Sci Fi, Crime
Awards: None
Futuristic Britain sees mobs of youths terrorising the country with rape and violence. Our character - or humble narrator - is Alex (McDowell). Alex is vicious, violent but has so much charisma that it is hard to hate him. After a botched robbery, Alex is arrested and sentenced to fourteen years in prison. There, he is made a subject of a new treatment which will make him a law abiding citizen. He is let out afterwards but his past won't let him forget so easily.If A Clockwork Orange was made today, it would be an incredibly dark film where Alex would seem horrific. It would be very depressing. However, Stanley Kubrick is able to give the film a sense of humour while we see everything from Alex's eyes, therefore seeing his perspective of everything. Alex does not seem like the villain of the film - even though he has done immensely villainess things . It just feels as if the world has gone wrong, and during the second half Alex looks so pathetic, you have to feel sorry for him.
There is a lot of Rape and violence here and the film is definitely not for the faint of heart. However, the violence is all stylised with sound effects. The language is apparently quite hard to understand also. I didn't have any problem with it as it is accompanied with visuals which tell you what the characters are talking about.
A Clockwork Orange is an immensely well made film with an infatuating voice over. Malcolm McDowell is so good as Alex that he drowns out all the other characters. Any fan of film needs to see this as it is a milestone of violence in cinema and is just a great film.
*****Brilliant
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