Brilliant, brooding and engulfing

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2002)

When this movie was marketed in Australia, it looked like your typical punch up Brad Pitt prettyboy movie... Once again the movie marketing machine shot itself in the foot, by underestimating the intelligence and taste of the public.
Fight Club is a spiral into darkness. Exactly what darkness this is, is never quite explained. Madness? Reality? Violence? Fantasy? The acting is dynamic, the tension builds exquisitely, and the whole movie is both thought provoking and shocking.
Congratulations to Brad Pitt for his work in this film, which was under-appreciated by the mainstream, mainly due to sloppy marketing.

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After seeing the movie, I am still trying to work out if Marla was real or not. I come up on the side of not real, but would like to know what others thought.