I think the whole point of this film is to make the viewers sit up and ask some questions. As film watchers we should be asking ourselves why we might find the premise of the film initially hilarious. Why is it so funny when he announces in a mundane voice that he likes to start the month by killing a postman, in much the same way that you might announce that you go to the bank at the start of every month?Why do we as viewers ,stick with the trail of violence as it moves from the stuff of comic books to the deeply disturbing realms of sexual violence? How do we feel at the end when these thoroughly unpleasant people die? All these questions can only be answered by each individual, and therefore the film is trying to tell us more about ourselves and our own attitudes to violence, than it is about the whole of society. As consumers of cinema, we hold valid opinions about these issues, and it is very rare that a film really provokes us to ask such questions- this one does it marvellously however, and in a much more entertaining way than say "Funny Games", which tries to do the same ,but doesn't quite manage it. On the whole, a thought provoking masterpiece.
Review of Man Bites Dog
