A powerful film that takes no prisoners and makes no apologies.

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2010)

A jaded businessman (Brad Pitt) sets up secret fighting clubs where men can forget the rules of polite society and beat the living daylights out of each other.
The political incorrectness arrives like a well-judged upper-cut, but this harsh, often violent film packs all sorts of surprising punches - including a late revelation about its two lead characters. It polarises opinion but remains bold, exciting and unmissable. Studio executives did not like Fight Club, and they restructured director David Fincher's intended marketing campaign to try to reduce anticipated losses. The Guardian saw the film as an omen for change in American political life, and described its visual style as ground-breaking.