Adapted from the Book by Anthony Burgess.
Directed By Stanley Kubrick
A Clockwork Orange is a futuristic look at the last turn of the century from the mind of a brilliant writer and an equally brilliant directer and screen writer. Anthony Burgess first wrote the book and Kubrick adapted it to a screen play. The movie stars Malcolm McDowell as Alex. Alex is a criminal obsessed with Beethoven and LSD in control of a group of thugs who partake in everything from rape to murder and robbery. Showing his dominance of the pack ultimately led to his downfall from direct deceit of his cronies. Alex had just turned 18 and after an attack that led to the death of one of his victims he learns he will soon be headed to prison.
As Alex is in jail he becomes a model inmate and adopts religion just to gain good graces with the staff and possible reduce his sentence. Then a miracle of sorts occurs he is selected for a program that offers rehabilitation. The treatment in hand forces Alex to view acts of sex, violence, murder, rape and all things he once enjoyed, The ironic part is his favorite composer is the background music. After months of treatment Alex is a shell of his once corrupt self. Unable to harm anyone or do anything to anyone he is released to the streets and not able to listen to Beethoven as well. Going home he finds his family has disowned him so he wonders the streets. Luck would have it he runs into his old gang who are now police officers. As you may guess their brutal ways have not changed and they beat Alex within of his life. In a bloody drab state he awakes and accidentally stumbles to a past victims house unwittingly where he is taken in by the victim who is unaware exactly who he is but offers help none the less. It's not until Alex sings the same song he raped the victims now dead ex wife to did he realize who he was taking care of.
The victim knowing of Alex's rehabilitation from a friend uses Beethoven to torture Alex in his room where he has no choice but to jump out the window to escape the agony. Alex being as lucky as evil, survives the large fall and is sent to the hospital. While in a full body cast in and out of a coma Alex lays in bed and finally wakes to the sound of a doctor having sex with a nurse which for whatever reason turns him back to his old normal self.
The movie ends at that point leaving room for a sequel that hasn't yet come. If you like a movie with twists and turns and more content than one can take in I would advise anyone to watch this film a dozen times to try and understand the underlying concepts on society, justice, anarchy and the life of a criminal.
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