Irresponsible filmmaking

Rating: 2/10 (28 November 1999)

The fact that so many people liked this movie disturbed me. Is violence really the only way to escape societal constraints? Using consumerism as a straw man, the movie says that all males are, inherently, prone to violence and that society is denying them the right to exercise this innateness. After glorifying violence for 2 1/2 hours, the filmmakers decide to say "but really violence is not quite as good as we might have led you to believe." Most males will come out of this movie saying " cool man. we should start a fight club so that we can be real men" and that is irresponsible filmmaking.