A very strange movie, maybe a dangerous one...

Rating: 5/10 (18 October 1999)

I'm not gonna talk about the plot and story of the movie, the first rule of the Fight Club being not to talk about it... One thing I have to point out: I accepted the over exaggerated amount of violence spread around the entire movie, but what was it all for? David Fincher manages to deliver an excellent movie for two thirds of its lenght, then, (don't ask my why) things goes horribly wrong and the director simply seems unable to step out of all this mess, serving up an unsatisfactory (happy?) end that leaves the viewer dubious about the entire movie.
Has it got any sense? Maybe, but frankly is an obscure one, and anyway not as smart as its characters try to tell us. It's really a pity, because visually the movie is simply superb, the audio department is heavenly and the two male leads give wonderful performances, particularly Brad Pitt in what is maybe his best work to date.
In the end, a very strange movie, with a very strange message, that will surely find disciples and adepts among the less discerning members of the audience, but that nevertheless should be seen as a potentially dangerous object from which could eventually be better keep the distance.