Action Drama Synopsis: Mischeif. Mayhem. Soap. The opening of the film sets off the mood and the style that the photographer uses. This film has a wonderful and wild photographic style. It is mischevious in nature because as you watch it, faint images will suddenly hit your eye but you are not sure you see them. They are called subliminals. It adds to the uncomfortable feeling you get during the film. Director David Fincher wallows in wild imagery throughout this film. You will recognize his hand from his other film Seven. FIGHT CLUB is based on the debut novel by recent University of Oregon graduate Chuck Palanhiuk, about a confused young man in the not too distant future. "Things you own end up owning you". The film begins near the end but the narrator of the film, Edward Norton sends us back to the beginning. We never learn his real name he is just the narrator who has a miserable life. He is a bean counter for a major automobile company. He is tired of his job and disillusioned by what he has to do. He flies every where and can not seem to sleep and it begins to affect him badly until he discovers support groups. With no family or close friends to tell his problems to, he begins to frequent cancer and disease support groups as a way to bond with others. To fit in he pretends to be terminally ill or feigns other various infirmities to fit in. He discovers that going to these sessions help him sleep and he is finally happy...UNTIL...an interloper comes into his sessions, a female fake like him, played by Helena Bonham Carter. Marla Singer, is the fake and she destroys his peace. Once again he can not sleep knowing she is there. While on a plane trip he meets a strange character by the name of Tyler Durden, who sells soap. He also does part time movie projecting where he splices in single frames of hardcore porn in children's films. He likes doing it for laughs. When the narrator goes home he finds his apartment has blown up so he meets with Tyler at a bar. Afterwards the narrator asks if he can stay with Tyler for the night. He agrees as long as the Narrator pushes him. He does and it breaks into a fight. So, sick of his dead end, white bread, white collar corporate career and disgusted with the empty consumer culture that his generation has been doomed to inherit, he and Tyler Durden create a new club where they just fight each other; soon many more young men come to relieve their frustrations by beating each other to a pulp. The popularity of this club grows and eventually rules become neccesary. Very profound rules are created to govern the club. Soon new fight clubs are popping up everywhere and spread across the nation. Tyler Durden, with the narrators backing quickly becomes a cult hero of epic proportions--a new messiah for a dead generation. Tyler soon uses his popularity to form groups of black shirts who are loyal only to him. The fight clubs become dangerous groups of revolutionaries who begin to carry out Tyler's PROJECT MAYHEM. While all this is happening, the nameless, narrating main character manages to get involved in a love/hate triangle with Tyler and Marla Singer. The film takes on a wicked turn when find out who Tyler Drden really is...no...I'm not going to tell you and make sure you don't tell anyone after you see it. I must say that I did not expect what was revealed. Do not expect a happy ending in this film. We may all feel an almost evil sense of happiness and satisfaction by what happens at the end and we will probably be filled with guilt for going...yeah....alright. The film shows us that we are not our jobs. We are not how much money we have in the bank. We are not the contents of our wallets or our clothes. We are told that unlike snowflakes we are not unique. Tyler's belief is that only after we lose everything are we truly free to do what we want. Scary thought isn't it? The fight clubs represent that kind of freedom. First rule of Fight Club: You do not talk about Fight Club. Second rule of Fight Club: You do not talk about Fight Club. FIGHT CLUB may make you think and that also makes it a dangerous movie. |
Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto Directed by David Fincher Written by Jim Uhls Produced by Art Linson, Ross Bell Distributed by 20th Century Fox Rating USA... Rating Canada... Read Another Review Of This Film Read Still Another Review Of This Film |
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