90s Movie Review - Fight Club

Director: David Fincher
Genre: Drama/ Crime/ Thriller
Runtime: 139 minutes
Year: 1999
Starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto

Description: An insomniac office worker (Edward Norton), looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker (Brad Pitt), forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more...

Review: “Fight Club” is a movie whose opinion vary widely. Fans of the movie praise it, opponents are very negative. It doesn’t happen that the opinions are so different, but the makers of “Fight Club” seem to be proud of it.
Director David Fincher has a very recognizable style. In movies like “Se7en”, “The Game” and “Panic Room” you can clearly see it. Beautiful shot, like the movement through keyholes in “Panic Room”, not showing you something important but knowing what it’s about like the climactic scene in “Se7en”. It’s all classic Fincher. The lather is used a couple of times in “Fight Club”.
The message that the movie wants to give you is clear within the first ten minutes. The worls is messed up, because of commercialization. Edward Norton’s characters, who is addicted to support groups, fits this world perfectly. He feels like something is missing. After meeting his complete opposite Tyler, he joins ‘Fight Club’.
The absurd activities of the two characters are told so convincingly, which makes this movie interesting from beginning till end. There is a certain tension throughout the entire movie and the climax is the highlight of the film. This also makes you want to watch the movie again, because with foreknowledge you go into this film completely different. And this makes you realize how brilliant “Fight Club” actually is.
Edward Norton and Brad Pitt are both fantastic, but also Helena Bonham Carter is great. Meat Loaf is also surprisingly good.
“Fight Club” is original, disturbing and extraordinary, a film you should see (at least twice).

Rating: 5/ 5