It keeps you wondering if the murders are really taking place, or if it is all in the man's twisted mind. Even though it should be OBVIOUS that something with this man is awry (the loud and bloody murders are committed in his APARTMENT/CONDO, he is laundering bloody sheets, he even confesses to a colleague) no one around him seems to care. The film takes place in the 80's and many reverences are made to the 80's subculture and political scene. The plot revolves around a very wealthy, attractive and professional male who commits multiple murders in his spare time- female prostitutes are a favorite. That said, I would definitely recommend renting this one before buying it- you may not want to watch it again. In my opinion, any movie that is capable of evoking such strong emotions is PROBABLY worth watching once. In some ways this movie reminds me of Natural Born Killers. These are the same issues that divided the critics on this film and what caused all the controversy when it was first released. HOWEVER, on the other hand, the film is VERY PERVERSELY SEXUALLY VIOLENT and the majority of the violence is against women. The themes that reoccur throughout the movie are definitely conversation worthy and it makes some very thought-provoking statements about society at large, materialism and consumption. On the one hand the storyline is VERY unique- I can guarantee you havn't seen this done before. I am conflicted about to how to review this film. Nicely done except for the notion that what transpires has all or mostly been phantasmic. And the director and her writer/star have contributed informative commentaries to the DVD. When Bale confesses that he's a mass murderer nobody believes him because they mix him up with one or another of his colleagues in 'Murders and Executions.' The conceit doesn't work. Everybody looks and acts like everybody else. But the writers and the director have added a layer of complexity to a bloody and repulsive story that is more confusing than enlightening. We get to know Christian Bale's character pretty well, or so we think, from his bath gel to his one-upmanship regarding business cards in a male encounter that resembles a couple of kindergarten boys seeing whose is bigger. It's a brilliantly executed film with a couple of misconceptions built into the story.

American psycho first edition