Fight Club review

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2012)

Fight Club is a bold film and an attack on the consumer-driven life-style adopted by many people in this world. It is an original piece of film work that never ceases to surprise and never bores. Fight Club is a very well made film. Most viewers might think this film is simply about men beating each other up from the title and what they may have heard from other viewers but it is much deeper than that. This film has underlying themes that make you think about the life you are living and our consumer-driven world and is in fact relevant to our present times. Edward Norton is the Narrator and protagonist of the film. Brad Pitt plays "Tyler Durden" and is a figment of the narrator's imagination and is the antagonist. Both of these roles are well depicted and portrayed by the actors. These two are very talented and fit their roles well. Fight Club is rated R by the MPAA for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language. This movie has several scenes containing brutal fights that have their fair share of violence and gore and it also shows uses of alcohol and smoking by the actors. There is also brief nudity throughout the film. Combining all of that with the F-word being used 76 times in the film it is no surprise that it is rated R. But that does not take away from how well this film has been made. Most audiences will have a hard time identifying the visual effects of Fight Club from the film's live action. Many of the visual effects sequences literally fly past the viewers, in one smooth and continuous motion. These spectacularly realistic sequences keep the story moving forward. David Fincher and the film's Visual Effects Supervisor, Kevin Haug, chose to work with BUF Inc. for most of the CGI-based effects sequences in the film. These groups of artists worked well together to achieve very artistic options for the films visual effects. They furthered the filmmaker's vision while advancing their own visual effects expertise. Fight Club is a film worth seeing, but is not for the faint of heart due to its violence and profanity used in the film. It is a artistic masterpiece and a memorable and superior motion picture. It is a rare movie that does not abandon its quest to jolt the viewer.