FIGHT CLUB

rated: R

genre: black comedy

Fight Club is narrated by a lonely, unfulfilled young man (Edward Norton) who finds his only comfort in attending disease support groups. Hopping from group to group, he encounters another pretender, or "tourist," the morose Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), who immediately gets under his skin. However, while returning from a business trip, he meets a more intriguing character--the subversive Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt). They become fast friends, bonding over a mutual disgust for corporate consumer-culture hypocrisy. Eventually, the two start Fight Club, which meets in a bar's basement where angry men get to vent their frustrations in brutal, bare-knuckle fights. Fight Club soon becomes the men's only real priority; when the club starts a cross-country expansion, things start getting really crazy.

My opinion: Outstanding performances by Norton and Pitt supported by a razor-sharp script and an arsenal of stunning visual effects that include computer animation and sleight-of-hand editing. One of the most unique films of the late 20th century, FIGHT CLUB is a pitch-black comedy of striking intensity. If you cant tell, that means I liked it, and that I recommend it to everyone with the exception of young children.

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