Dose of reality

Rating: 7/10 (4 November 2007)

I had to add some sanity to these reviews. Life changing? Puh-lease. You need to get out more. And from the sounds of it you are. But because of this slightly better than average movie? Wow.
Pitt is over the top. He's good but he is a good actor and it's expected. I typically like Norton but he does nothing for me in this picture. The twist at the end is unique but you find yourself asking a lot of questions that can't really be answered realistically about situations that happened previously. So the twist doesn't wash for me.
Before that I found the movie rather dull. Yeah, a bunch of guys start a club where they fight and the actions of the club and club um, owner/managers, get progressively more extreme.
It's not a terrible movie but it's not in the top 1000 movies of all time either. It's a solid 6 to 7 stars. Maybe 8 if you really like Pitt, Norton, or Helen Bonham Carter. Though she was not particularly noteworthy here either.
The movie is well done. Shot nicely. Lighting and general cinematography is why I rated it so high. It's stylish and very effective in that area. But the overall plot, while unique, seems a bit too out there for me. This is a Sixth Sense movie with fighting instead of ghosts.
Yeah, it's a decent movie. It's not special though.