....and what in the heck was American Psycho about????
American Psycho is based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis. It is a satire about the greed that saturated America in the 80s. Bale played the main character who turns to murder to find release. It actually manages to be hilarious, but obviously very dark as well. They didn't do as good with it as the book because they tried to turn it into a horror film when it works better as straight satire.