A very good movie

I already saw this movie (in fact, I even saw it in the movie theatre when it was released) but since it was ages ago, I was really eager to check it out again. Well, after all these years, the damned thing was still pretty awesome, that’s for sure. First of all, even though Christian Bale had been an actor for already more than 10 years, it was with this movie that he finally got his breakthrough. Seriously, the guy was just terrific in this movie and it is difficult to imagine someone else playing this role. Furthermore, I really loved this story. Indeed, I usually have a hard time to really care about movies dealing with serial-killers but this one was just quite spellbinding to behold. Basically, Patrick Bateman was such a complex and fascinating character. Indeed, he is good-looking, rich but also so f*cked-up, completely shallow and, yet, you can’t help feeling sorry for the guy because he seems to feel so miserable. In fact, everyone around him seems to be just as depraved as he is so, as a result, you get a very dark and nihilistic vision of our world. The great thing is that, at the end, you don’t know for sure what Patrick Bateman did or didn’t do. Probably most of it didn’t happen but you don’t know for sure and it made the whole thing even more fascinating. Eventually, I enjoyed this movie so much that I ended up reading the book as well which was even darker and twisted than the movie. In fact, it is hands down one of the best books I have read, but even if this movie was maybe not better than the book, it was still a fine adaptation though. Anyway, to conclude, this movie is a cult-classic and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.