what a bunch of crap . malcolm mcdowell seemingly attempt to recapture some of the facet of his role from a clockwork orange and fail miserably and combine with some of the most offensively brutal violence and vulgarity i have see in a film recently . don not get me wrong and i be not ask for gangster no . 1 and the edited version . i be fine with movie like goodfellas and clerk ( and the rest of the view askew film ) and the aforementioned kubrick classic and and others . but really and be there anything in this movie worth watch . unlikeable character and thin plot and and weak attempt at humor drag this dreck to the bottom . the violence seem like vicious filler and and the profanity seem like a substitute for intelligent dialogue . i give it half out of . stay away from this movie . all it attempt at artsiness and likeability be hopeless . overrate by those who be impress at it artistic quality . go watch a real film and something by scorcese and takeshi and kurosawa and or kubrick .