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[44] The formation of a cohesive nation-state is one of the historical tasks of 'modernity' as defined by classical political and sociological theory, and it is not granted without violence and dastardliness.
Other movies go for a modern high-tech approach, but The Count Of Monte Cristo is a welcome return to old-fashioned, matinee-style action, with a dash of Dangerous Liaison dastardliness.
But unlike those films, or previous, high-concept serial-murder comedies like Man Bites Dog, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, and Serial Mom, which have a quasi-immature dastardliness that offsets their deconstructible artfulness, American Psycho is grown-up to the max.
 
 
 
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