Review of A Clockwork Orange (1971) by Alex G — 24 Nov 2014

Dark, Thought-provoking, and Morally questionable. Set in a futuristic dystopian future Britain, A Clockwork Orange centres around local anti-hero Alex Delarge. Delarge is a violent, sociopathic, delinquent with a serious lack of common morality, often deriving genuine pleasure from his criminal acts.

After a failed break-in and assault leads to the death of one of his intended victims, Alex is send to prison to willing test out a new psychological ''cure'' for his obsession with violence in the hope of an early release from confinement.

The film then takes an unexpected turn as the experiment does not go as intended, leaving Alex somewhat ''cured'' but not of his own free will causing stimulated pain every time he thinks about sex, violence, or morally wrong doings.

Essentially he becomes a '' Clockwork Orange '' organic on the outside, but derived of free moral choice on the inside. As the film progresses the newly ''reformed'' Alex will come across many people he has wronged in the past, and will lead to interesting results that I shall not spoil in this review.

The film deals with a vast amount of moral issues from gang violence, to free moral choice, and Malcolm McDowell's portrayal of Alex Delarge is among the best acting I have ever seen in a motion picture.

Extreme violence and sex are present in the film so it would be unwise to let younger viewers watch it. Personally this film is now my all time favourite film, and would recommend it to older audiences interested in the psychologically dark aspects of movies.