Strange but unique

Rating: 9/10 (15 March 2008)

David Fincher continues his streak of great movies with Fight Club.This is perhaps his greatest cinematic achievement.A movie simply unique and unlike anything done before.Eddy Norton and Brat Pitt shine here and give amazing performances.The plot is rather strange. The narrator (Edward Norton) is an automobile company employee who travels to accident sites to perform product recall cost appraisals. His doctor refuses to write a prescription for his insomnia and instead suggests that he visit a support group for testicular cancer victims in order to appreciate real suffering. By attending the group, the narrator feels important and cared for and then is able to sleep soundly and subsequently fakes more illnesses so he can attend other support groups. The narrator's routine is disrupted when he begins to notice another impostor, Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), at the groups he goes to and his insomnia returns.During a flight for a business trip, the narrator meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), who is a soap salesman. The narrator arrives home to find his apartment has been destroyed by an explosion. He calls Tyler and meets him at a bar. Tyler agrees to let the narrator stay at his home on the condition that the narrator hits him. The narrator complies and the two end up enjoying a fist fight outside the bar. The narrator moves in with Tyler and the two return to the bar, where they have another fight in the parking lot. After attracting a crowd, they establish a 'fight club' in the bar's basement. Soon, other fight clubs are established around the country, with Tyler's help. Get the picture?You have to see this masterpiece to appreciate it.A terrific movie on all levels.Fincher gives his best and gets the best from his actors.Highest admirations for creating one of the best movies ever with one of the best twists ever.