FIGHT CLUB

What does one do with all his frustrations? A job that’s so boring its driving you insane, a marriage in which happiness is something you just don’t get to fell, leading life with no purpose and feeling so small in this large universe of ours that we start to question our very existence. What does one do with all his frustrations?

Fight club, a David Fincher directed cult-classic starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton gives us the exact answer to the question asked above. The narrator (Edward Norton) suffers from insomnia and in his quest to find closure starts attending all sorts of support group meetings. It is here that he meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), another phony who tries to push him out of the support groups and for whom he has a secret crush on. It is in this crossroads of his life that he meets Tyler Durden, who he befriends and in a sequence of events, ends up living with him. On the night he moves in with Tyler, the narrator and Tyler end up fighting against each other for fun. At the end of this fight they realize that trashing themselves up has not only helped them relieve their frustrations but also got them feeling good about themselves. This leads to the founding of a secret underground club known as the FIGHT CLUB.

In the fight club guys meet up with the sole purpose of fighting each other and are given dangerous assignments to complete before they come in for their next fight. Slowly something that was started just for fun starts evolving into a nationwide phenomenon. Also Marla starts getting involved with Tyler making things hard for the narrator. Thus, how the narrator tries stopping fight club’s vandalism from going out of control and the repercussions of his actions makes up the rest of the movie. This movie is believed by many to have one of the best twists in a story that’s so good it completely changes the whole dynamic of the movie.

Other than the exceptional acting by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, superb direction and extremely fast faced screenplay, the movie has superb music which gives the movie a feel of aggression and pure adrenaline. This movie is what can be called a complete ‘guy’ movie, not that girls won’t like it, just guys can relate to it in much better way. This in my opinion is one of the best ‘guy’ movie ever made and a must see for anyone who enjoys entertaining cinema.

EYE CATCHER:

The scene involving Edward Norton bashing himself up in his bosses office is of those few scenes that are intense at the same time have dark humor that hits you from nowhere.

WATCH OUT FOR:

The fight sequences involve a lot of blood. My advice to people who get grossed out by blood, just bear with it and watch the movie its too good to be missed.

IMDB RATING: 8.7 on 10