I made a mistake with the titles.
The movie I was really thinking of was called
American Psycho, starring Christian Bale, a movie which came out in 2000. When I saw a short tape of him in character, dressed in a blood stained white tuxedo, smiling broadly, and swinging a bloody ax, I said then it was not the sort of movie I would ever go to see. Too disturbing.
American Beauty was a completely different movie starring, guess who?
Kevin Spacey.
Ah, hence the ‘violence’ comment, which didn’t add up. Yup, both with Keven Spacey. I’ve never seen American Psycho, was thinking about it, but thanks to you will definitely not.