Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

catfish-er The greed and corruption of the 2000's Wall Street could just as easily have been the subject for THE WORLD GONE MAD. To update it, you only need Bernie Madoff sitting on top of the Ponzi scheme, instead of our two antagonists.Both of whom, by the way, could make excellent stand-ins for the Duke brothers in TRADING PLACES.The acting was first rate, with solid performances all around, albeit with no "big name" stars -- at least none of whom I recognized.I found the plot compelling, first from a historical perspective (the Wall Street Crash of 1929). But, also from a contemporary perspective (the Great Recession of 2007).An interesting side note is the marquee in front of the movie theater, which featured THE VAMPIRE BAT, by the same production company. Great art deco scenes; and, good cinematography in both!

ReelCheese An obscure dramatic thriller that captures and loses the viewers interest like a seesaw. Pat O'Brien is a hard-nosed reporter who gets a little too close for comfort to the story of a lifetime, a massive corporate scandal. With a District Attorney already killed for knowing too much, O'Brien rightfully fears the new D.A (Neil Hamilton) also has a bullet with his name on it. Can our reporter hero piece it all together for the hapless law enforcement authorities before it's too late?While there are many moments of interest in "The World Gone Mad," it seems there are almost as many pointless scenes with no purpose other than to ruin the flow. It's also overly complex at times. Still, even if one doesn't cut this one the slack it deserves for being made in 1933, it's not all that awful. The performances are good, particularly from O'Brien and Hamilton. But a little further editing would have helped. By the way, I nominate this one for the "Title That Bears Little Resemblance To The On screen Product" Award.

Vampenguin Not really sure what to say about this one, aside from I didn't like it much. The actors were all fine, there were a few laughs here and there. The ending wasn't too bad, but I suppose after the mess of a plot that came before it, that's not a huge feat. Half the time you have no idea what's going on, and by the time you might have a clue, you don't care anymore. This plods along at a pace most snails would be ashamed of, and I found myself fighting to stay awake the whole time. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a slow-paced movie, so long as it keeps your attention. This doesn't. Overall, is this a good movie? No, not really. Could it cure insomnia? I wouldn't be surprised.3.5/10

classicsoncall Just about sixty years before the Enron scandal, "The World Gone Mad" appears to be a strangely prophetic film of personal scandal and corporate greed. When a District Attorney is murdered and discovered in a "love nest", the front page headlines leave all those close to him bewildered and doubtful of the circumstances surrounding his death. In short order, a new D.A. is assigned, and Lionel Houston (Neil Hamilton) is determined to get to the bottom of a tangled financial scheme. Unfortunately, the investigation involves the father of his fiancée, the head of the Cromwell Investment Corporation (John St. Polis). Pat O'Brien heads the bill here, as a less than scrupulous newspaper reporter, who's not above a bit of gambling, drinking and womanizing himself. In a darkened scene meant to be highly suggestive, his character Andy Terrell finds himself in a very compromising position with the mob connected Carlotta Lamont (Evelyn Brent). It's done very much tongue in cheek, but for 1933, let's say it was risqué beyond belief. How about crass commercialism. There's a great scene at a newspaper stand, in the background is a poster for the same year's film, "The Vampire Bat" starring Lionell Atwill and Fay Wray. At a run time of about eighty minutes, there are moments that seem to drag, but overall, the film brings it's victims to justice admirably. It will help to keep a scorecard though, there are a lot of characters introduced in a short time, and it would be easy to lose track of things otherwise. And was it just me, or did the widow of D.A. Henderson (Geneva Mitchell) look the spitting image of Seinfeld gal pal Julia Louis Dreyfus?