How much do you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

Rating: 10/10 (31 August 2005)

Fight Club, contradictory to some beliefs is an amazing film.
Edward Norton is our narrator. Whom I shall name Jack, as in the film he likes to be known. Sat high in a shut down skyscraper, a gun in his mouth with his 'friend' Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) splurting more twisted philosophy into his mind. From this point he regails us all in his chaotic story of events leading to this point in time. --- He can't sleep. As a result he sees a doctor who by chance suggests he goes to a testicular cancer support group to see what real pain is, even though he isn't ill at all... Physically anyway. Here he meets Bob (Meat Loaf), a big "moosie" of a man who has developed breasts due to the cancer. And during the sombre meeting he begins to cry along with the others who are dying. After which he finds he can sleep, like a baby. From this he attends more and more groups, from Tubercolosis groups to Blood Parasite groups. And his tense insomniac mood dwindles - that is until Marla Singer walks into his life, and into the testicular cancer support session. A tourist, just like him. --- As a result, he cannot cry - with another faker present. --- He leaves the groups and becomes separated from himself, he needs to find a new salvation, and it comes in the way of Tyler Durden, a fresh hip young dude, with a twisted philosophy of freefall, and of sliding until you can slide no more. --- After the chance meeting on the plane, Jack gets home to find his condo blown to bits, and himself homeless. He calls Tyler, and the journey begins. --- After a drink in a bar, Tyler suggests a fight. They scrap, and soon after other men attracted by the brawl are asking to join in. Fight Club is formed, a hard-as-nails group of men lavishing in the simple delights of punches, sleepers and bare flesh. --- As Fight Club moves on and the group gets bigger, Tyler and Jack become renowned. Marla pops round every now and again, and Tyler and Jack go about their lives beating each other up, peeing in hotel soup and splicing porn into children's cinema flicks. Rebels with a cause, to hit bottom, to lose everything they have, so they can rebuild into better non-conformist individuals. As the twisted philosophy goes. --- It's quite a fast ride, full of memorable scenes, brutal fights and scathing humour. This film is brilliant, and makes you think all the way to it's glitzy unimaginable twist, that you won't see coming, unless you've been told before about it. Hopefully not, that will spoil all the fun and impact of this glorious production. And I won't spoil it for you. ---
It's a cracking way to spend a couple of hours. A highly recommended film, that has high reputation as one of the greatest films ever made. I can believe it.