Fight Club
FIGHT CLUB (18)
D: David Fincher
20th Century Fox/Fox 2000/Regency (Art Linson, Céan
Chaffin & Ross Grayson Bell)
USA 🇺🇸 1999
139 mins
Thriller/Crime
W: Jim Uhls [based on the novel by
Chuck Palahniuk]
DP: Jeff Cronenweth
Ed: James Haygood
Mus: The Dust Brothers
PD: Alex McDowell
Edward Norton (Narrator, "Jack"), Brad
Pitt (Tyler Durden), Helena Bonham-Carter (Marla Singer), Meatloaf (Robert Paulson), Jared Leto (Angel Face)
The first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk
about Fight Club.
The second rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk
about Fight Club.
If you've not seen Fight Club, it's best to refer to
the first and second rules, since the less you know about the film, the more you're likely to enjoy it.
Edward Norton plays a yuppie businessman suffering
from severe insomnia and fed up with his materialistic, corporate existence and consumer lifestyle. He attempts to tackle his anxiety by joining a series of self-help groups, but then
forms his own when he meets a mysterious, enigmatic personality (Tyler Durden) while on a business trip and an underground boxing club is formed and soon develops into a vigilante army
who plan to cripple American economics with anarchistic activities.
Based on Chuck Palahniuk's novel, the story is an
acerbic attack on metrosexuality, 21st century capitalism and focuses on the Jekyll and Hyde characteristics of the male psyche.
It won't be a film appreciated by everyone, but those
who do enjoy it would list it amongst the very best films of the 1990's.
9/10
