Fight Club Fights Itself for Believability

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2017)

Seems all that has to be done to produce a contemporary pop art movie these days is; Make it look stylish, give it some obviously hidden messages (pseudo intelligent comment or otherwise), get a few good looking performers (popular names help), fill it up with raw graphic brutality to keep the juvenile audiences from realizing they are being fed foolish situations - dressed up to look intelligent. Here, the overall message is worthy but in an attempt to make it less obvious, it gets buried in mind numbing MTV style violence. So why bother? If you have something you believe is worth saying, then say it so a larger audience can share your concerns. It doesn't need to be conventional, just accessible!
So many overstretched situations (near 2 ½ hrs) and grueling plot devises--all intended to be seriously examined--that become simply too foolish to take seriously and are even more unintentionally silly when you do. Overall, this comes across as another attempt to outdo 'A Clockwork Orange' for shock value and pop art sophistry. Many will be seduced by the abundance of style but serious story examiners will be unfortunately sent away laughingly disappointed or annoyed.