"Viddy well, little brother. Viddy well."
Alex (Malcolm McDowell) is a juvenile delinquent in the near future, and we follow his thugish life as he rapes and pillages his way through his teens. Until he's caught and imprisoned, betrayed by his gang, who are fed up with his attitude to them. Whilst in prison he volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy programme which makes him detest violence, but back on the streets he finds he has no way to defend himself as his past comes back to haunt him, and he becomes a political pawn.
A classic book, made into a classic film, which has the distinct style of the 70's all over it. This is study on the problem of violence in society, the political reaction to it, and their attempt to solve it. Not a film that is easy to like, it can be cold, analytical, and disturbing, but rewards persistence in the viewer.
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