A Clockwork Orange

One of the most messed up movies I have ever seen is A Clockwork Orange. It is also one of the best movies I have ever seen; to enjoy this movie, one must appreciate it for what it is, dark satirical plots. To look at it from any other perspective and not have an open mind, will only waste your time. It was originally a book written by Anthony Burgess, in 1962; the movie was then made in 1971. The movie takes place in the future, in Britain. Unlike other movies that show the future as something spectacular, this is a dark time. The government is weak, there is barely any law; leaving the teen gangs to go out and have the time of their lives. The movie’s main character is Alex (Malcolm McDowell), who is the leader of a gang. He and his friends (Pete, Georgie, and Dim) always go out at night doing various activities: fighting with other gangs, stealing, mugging, breaking and entering, and raping. On one particular adventure, the gang tricks their way into a couple’s house; they hit and knock the husband down while they rape his wife right in front of him, and to add insult to injury, Alex sings “Singing in the Rain” the whole time. One of the gang members angers Alex, who ends up beating him up. The gang retaliates by setting Alex up after an attempted rape goes wrong; they knock him out and leave him for the police. While in jail, Alex learns of a program that gets people out of jail a lot sooner than how long their sentence is. The program, brainwashes the subject into detesting evil acts. Once he completes the course, Alex returns to the outside world which detests him. He soon finds out that he is unable to stand up for himself, and is unable to listen to his favorite music (classical). To all open-minded thinkers out there, I recommend to you this movie.