Genre: Drama / Thriller / Action
Length: 2h 19m 10s
Director: David Fincher
Tagline: Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.
Plot outline: Based on the debut novel by recent University of Oregon graduate Chuck Palanhiuk about a confused young man in the not too distant future. With no family or close friends, he frequents cancer and disease support groups as a way to bond with others, pretending to be terminally ill or feigning various other infirmities to fit in. 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 a very devious friend named Tyler Durden create a new club where young men come to relieve their frustrations by beating each other to a pulp. The popularity of this club grows exponentially, and eventually some very profound rules are created to govern it. Because one of those rules is no more than 50 people to a fight club, soon new fight clubs are popping up everywhere and spread across the nation. Tyler Durden, the fight club's founder, quickly becomes a cult hero of epic proportions, a new messiah for a dead generation. While all this is happening, the nameless, narrating main character manages to get involved in a love triangle with Tyler and a girl named Marla who seems to have an endless supply of ex-boyfriends just as screwed up as he is. Summary written by Anonymous Jack è un giovane in carriera sfiduciato ed annoiato. In cerca di emozioni forti, incontra Tyler Durden, un pò nichilista ed un pò psicopatico, che ha organizzato una palestra in cui uomini altrettanto delusi e repressi possono sfogarsi picchiandosi. Intuendo che Jack è un possibile affiliato/complice della sua attività, Tyler gli brucia la casa ("Solo quando hai perso tutto sei libero di fare ciò che vuoi !"), per coinvolgerlo sempre di più. Intanto l'iniziativa ha successo e Tyler diventa una sorta di guida verso un progetto di scardinamento dell'economia mondiale. Ma non ha fatto i conti con Marla Singer, anche lei abbastanza dissociata, che metterà in discussione il rapporto fra i due. Summary written by rosebud6 You're young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic coffee tables and a fridge full of condiments. Yet you feel emotionally and spiritually empty. You eventually find comfort in going to support groups for lukemia and cancer victims when there's nothing wrong with you until they're hijacked from you by another faker. Then you meet Tyler Durden, a man that shows you that not only can you live without material needs but that self-destruction, the collapse of society and making dynamite from soap might not be such a bad idea either. Summary written by John Weeks {J.T.Weeks1@student.derby.ac.uk} When a nameless thirty-ish yuppie grows bored of his comfortable life, he becomes involved in an anarchic subculture called "Fight Club", lead by charismatic Tyler Durden. But is this a hard-edged vacation from normalcy, or participation in the de-evolution of a civilized society? Summary written by kevin
Comment: The script was tight, the theme fascinating, the acting incredible (especially Edward Norton, as one might expect), the direction inspired, and the cinematography stunning. It is one of the few films of the past five years that deserves to be seen multiple times. In fact, if you have seen it only once, you have missed something. I was seriously hoping the movie would receive Oscar nominations for Best Actor (Norton), Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Picture. So, how is it that the film received no nominations? Unfortunately, it had a mismatched ad campaign. The ads made it seem like the movie was about street boxing, instead of a intellectual and emotional ride through a man's psyche as he takes a strange path toward rebellion against consumer society. As a result, most who went to see it were disappointed, and those who would recognize its brilliance stayed far away from the movie theaters. This is one of the most underrated movies I know. I always love movies that keep you entertained and keep you guessing, and this movie scores a 10 in both. Those who enjoyed The Game, Memento, or The Matrix really should check it out.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
Country: USA
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DVDs: 2
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| Actors: | ||
| Edward Norton | as | Narrator |
| Brad Pitt | as | Tyler Durden |
| Helena Bonham Carter | as | Marla Singer |
| Meat Loaf | as | Robert 'Bob' Paulson (as Meat Loaf Aday) |