Brilliant, Visually Compelling, but Falls Apart

Rating: 6/10 (13 December 2002)

This film deserves all the accolades it has received in the past. It is a brilliant idea, and the cast was great. Ed Norton hasn't made a bad movie that I can think of, and Brad Pitt is equally phenominal. Just the whole idea of an underground club like the Stonecutters of Simpsons lore I thought was cool. I also (SPOILER!) thought the two people as one was potentially a fantastic plot twist.
(SPOILER pt 2). The end, though, left a lot to be desired. The first four fifths of the movie had my disbelief suspended very well, but then the shooting-myself-(in the head, no less)-to-kill-my-alter-ego bit was rediculous. The whole movie fell apart at that moment.
See it, though, because its greatness heavily outweighs its poor ending structure.