Definitely not what you expect...

Rating: 9/10 (19 January 2000)

I went to see this movie knowing that it was directed by 'that guy who did se7en' and it was supposed to be pretty good!! I was expecting some boxing type flick where Pitt works his way up the ranks or some such thing....How wrong could I have been...I walked out of the cinema 2 hours later in a daze.
I love films that keep you on the edge never letting you know exactly whats happening or where the plots going to lead. Fincher does this brilliantly, I looked into his past films and realised hes done it well with most of his other films inc The Game and Se7en.
It has his usual dark feel, some amazing camera work and enough twists to completely lose yourself! Norton and Pitt work extremly well together and both put in superb performances.
The only thing I would moan about is the ending, Fincher seems to always let down there (Se7en being an exception) Alien3, The Game and Fight Club have brilliant ideas, they keep you watching on the edge of the seat but you get to the end and you feel somehow let down...
Suffice to say I would recommend this to everyone (although some squimish people may find some of the fight scenes a bit much). It will definitely hit a cord with the male audience when we get asked 'what has become of male man in modern society?'. Definitely one of my favourite films of '99!