![]() The first half of "A Clockwork Orange" really shocked and appalled me. A young rapist named Alex (Malcolm McDowell) is captured by the police after accidentally murdering his victim and becomes subject to a new sort of government test that should cure him of his evil waysÂ…but things might go awry. The film is set in futuristic Europe, during a time when all the people in world seem to have gone nihilistic and pornographic without a fear or care. But buried beneath all its exterior horrific content, there is also a sort of mad, maniacal genius that holds it together. ![]() But one thing is for sure about "A Clockwork Orange." It is a brutal, disturbing, and even at times offensively off-putting madman story. Perhaps I wasn't quite ready just like I wasn't prepared for the Star Child scene in "2001" and wasn't sure how to take it. I liked the middle section, but the third act just fell apart for me. I really enjoyed the first half of the movie. Overall, I enjoyed the movie, but to me, it's not a masterpiece. What's my verdict? Well, somewhere in the middle. Others believe it's just too dark, too nihilistic, too right wing, and brutal to be taken for art or even a good movie. Some laud the movie for its satirical and dark humor when addressing crime and punishment. Like his science-fiction classic "2001: A Space Odyssey", his 1971 film "A Clockwork Orange" was and still is a film of heavy controversy and debate. One thing was certain about Stanley Kubrick: once you gave him complete control over the story of his film, you were at the mercy of his malice and onslaught.
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