A bracing, mesmerizing, bitterly funny and deeply unsettling fable about disaffected, emotionally emasculated young men whose search for meaning leads straight to their inner bare-knuckle brawler. Fight Club is the brain child — make that
brainless, testosterone-fueled gut child — of scruffy wild boy Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and a nameless, insomniac cubicle slave (Edward Norton). They meet on a plane, bond over the coincidence that they're carrying the exact same briefcase (though Tyler's is full of the chi-chi soap he sells
to high-end boutiques, while our office peon's bag is packed with papers). A freak accident blows our protagonist's tastefully appointed apar...
Released:
1999
Rated:
R
Length:
139 mins