Very Good, But Just Very Good

Rating: 10/10 (8 April 2007)

Of course Fight Club has it's fantastic plot, acting, directing and most importantly the stunning visual direction. David Fincher has pulled a cat out of the bag in the case of originality, Ed Norton and Brad Pitt are perfect as the two main characters. BUT the plot is sometimes over-shadowed by the film's bloody and graphic violence. Especially the OTT beating of Angel Face, the punching of the face goes on for too long and is drawn out. And also other scenes that sometimes show the highly exaggerated injuries and fake blood. But in me saying this it is done with style, in possibly so much style that it rivals and beats out other bare-knuckle fighting films such as Snatch, but it could have been drastically improved on.