The author of the original book, Bret Easton Ellis, isn't too fond of it either.
The Big Picture In 2000, Lionsgate released Mary Harron’s ingenious horror satire American Psycho. Christian Bale, in one of his greatest performances, stars as Patrick Bateman, a Wall Street yuppie who is also an accomplished serial killer. Brilliantly weaving humor with genuine terror, American Psycho has endured as a dark comedy classic that remains endlessly relevant because of its cinematic politics.
‘American Psycho 2’ Disrespects the Original As Kunis has publicly stated, what ended up becoming a sequel to American Psycho was not intended to be related to the original film. While the sequel does not necessarily feel like it was lazily re-edited to be a continuation, there are definitely cracks that exemplify the strained relationship between the two. This is most apparent in how the film deals with Patrick Bateman.
‘American Psycho 2’ Lacks Creativity and Charm The film’s lack of creativity is exemplified by American Psycho 2’s inability to recapture the tone or recreate the satire of the original film. The driving conflict of American Psycho 2 is that Rachael desperately wants to be Starkman’s teaching assistant because the person in that position usually ends up going to Quantico to train for the FBI.
American Psycho 2’s inability to fuse irony into its premise also means that the film fails to contribute any meaningful cultural commentary. In the most generous of reads, maybe someone could argue that the film is sending up higher education or criticizing law enforcement. But any argument of the sort would be a real stretch.
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