So this morning I happened upon a yard sale. There I saw a box of VHS tapes, which led me to say, "I have to return some tapes", which is the most used line in this brilliant film. It is set in the 1980's so it makes sense. Patrick Bateman (Bale) is a very rich investment banker in New York, but he becomes bored with his day to day. He has everything. A beautiful fiance' Evelyn Williams (Reese Witherspoon) who we only see a couple of times. He has money, gadgets, a killer home, a sense of vanity unmatched by anyone I have ever seen, and a love for watching movies. I assume this, since he always seems to have tapes that need returning. One night at a black tie dinner with his lady and all his high and mighty business friends something happens. He snaps. He needs something and doesn't know what that is, until a little later when he kills a hooker. This gets him the rush he has been searching for and he likes it. He has very little guilt about it, and when no cops coming looking for him, he figures he got away with it. His thirst is heightened and so from here on in the film he is bringing women to his place, having sex with him - where he stares at himself the whole time- then kills them in sometimes grotesque ways. A lot of people die by a lot of different means, but eventually it starts to get to him. The paranoia sets in and he can no longer function at work or with Evelyn. He soon feels like he has thrown it all away, but like everyone in the position of money and power, he feels there has to be a way out. The last ten minutes are the most intense along with the cherry on top for films of this nature. When it's all said and done, I guarantee your reaction will be, "Whaaaaaaaaat!!!!"
NBM rates American Psycho - Phenomenal
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