American Psycho (2000)

Posted : 6 months, 3 weeks ago at Dec 13 15:53

"You're a fucking ugly bitch. I want to stab you to death, and then play around with your blood. " Directed by: Mary Harron Starring: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloe Sevigny Genre: Horror/Mystery/Thriller Running time: 101 minutes My review: A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies. I think this has to be one of the greatest psychological thrillers out there. I wouldn't call this film a horror because it isn't scary. It is just a tense thrill ride with a lot of suspenseful moments where, when, who, how and what he kills people. Yes, Patrick Bateman is a very horrifying character indeed which is ...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 10 months, 2 weeks ago at Aug 21 19:09

''I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.'' A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies. Christian Bale: Patrick Bateman Christian Bale is arguably modern cinema's biggest rising actors from the UK going to an all boy's school in Bournemouth originally. I sometimes consider hailing him as the greatest performer of this generation, parti...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Jul 13 23:39

"I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?" American Psycho is a frequently misapprehended adaptation of the controversial novel by author Bret Easton Ellis. This is a remarkably faithful adaptation of Ellis' outstanding literary novel that is habitually hailed as a grotesque, disturbing and unnerving piece of writing that promotes misogynistic themes. Several directors, from David Cronenberg to Oliver Stone, expressed interest in directing this adaptation. However, the directing duties were handed to small-time director Mary Harron whose film debut was the 1996 film I Shot Andy Warhol. Similar to the novel, this disconcerting film is marked as a horror or a thriller, when in fact it's a dark comedy and a subtle satire of society in the 1980s. This was a time when busine...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago at Nov 3 20:30

A sick and fairly confusing film, this is what brought Christian Bale to my attention as a superb actor. In the film, one man becomes so disillusioned with the homogenised yuppie nightmare of a city that he lives in that he begins to commit depraved and horrifying sexual acts and murders. Debate rages whether these murders actually occur, or whether Bateman was merely imagining them all along.

Based on a book that I couldn't actually finish because of its mortifying and graphic scenes, the film does a good job of making the whole thing filmable. What is actually a sick and twisted plot is turned into a thoroughly entertaining film with some of the best casting you ever could have hoped for.

Rating : 8/10