User blog comment:Looperreallyreallysucks/Pure Evil Proposal: Alex (A Clockwork Orange)/@comment-33497615-20190627211124/@comment-33497615-20190628160930

Thats not how the movie ended? It’s kind of hard to explain. As much as I hate the character, but he did stop commiting violence by the end of the movie due to the treatment (at least thats how I remembered it). Lacking remorse isn’t the only factor to be considered PE here, but he seems to lack moral agency by the end of the film after the treatment. Im sorry but I just don’t feel confident adding him to PE since the point of PE villains is that they are immune to redeeming influence no matter what: If Alex was shown to not have been affected by the Ludovico technique at all and continued doing evil, then he maybe he had been PE. Its a complex matter to say the least.

Also there is some heinousness issues as his friends did the same things as he did and got away with them. Which I think should be an important factor to consider. They later drowned him which is kindof a Jerkass Woobie moment, considering his already horrific treatment in prison, not to sound like a devils advocate or something. Also considering that the story takes place in a dystopia there are also some standard issues.