Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a young, handsome, Harvard educated Wall Street success, seemingly perfect with his stunning fiance (Reese Witherspoon) and entourage of high-powered friends. He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose. Based on the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho offers a sharp satire to the dark side of yuppie culture in the '80s, while setting forth a vision that is both terrifying and chilling.