- Film Review
- Reviewed By Alan Jones
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5 out of 5
Chuck Palahniuk's bestseller is boldly brought to the screen here by Se7en director David Fincher. The result is a shocking, provocative and highly amusing macho fantasy, as insomniac loser Edward Norton teams up with seditious soap salesman Brad Pitt to form a no-holds-barred fight club as an outlet for their directionless aggression. The growing cult's Project Mayhem takes subversive vandalism into the outside world with a series of ludicrous acts of sabotage. Fincher's satirical fable brilliantly plays with cinematic conventions and climaxes with a shock twist. This charged slice of nihilistic angst is a mesmerising ride through the 1990s male psyche, aided by elaborate production design, unconventional editing, startling images and superlative acting from the leads. You'll either love it or hate it.
Plot Summary
Satirical drama starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Meeting by chance, soap salesman Tyler Durden and a frustrated office worker conceive the Fight Club, where disaffected young men seeking release from their frustrations can beat each other up with bare knuckles. Their idea is hugely successful, but as Tyler becomes a cult hero, his actions grow increasingly reckless.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Tyler Durden
- Brad Pitt
- Narrator
- Edward Norton
- Marla Singer
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Robert Paulsen
- Meat Loaf
- Angel Face
- Jared Leto
- Chloe
- Rachel Singer
- Detective Andrew
- Van Quattro
- Detective Kevin
- Markus Redmond
- Detective Walker
- Michael Girardin
- Richard Chesler, regional manager
- Zach Grenier
- Intern at hospital
- Richmond Arquette
- Thomas at Remaining Men Together
- David Andrews
Crew
- Director
- David Fincher
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