Review of Fight Club (1999) by Tatsuhito K — 24 Jul 2015

This is, I assume, the most beloved and celebrated Fincher film for its audacity, style, subversive attitude, subtexts, and thought-provoking anti-social themes you rarely see in mainstream movies these days.

This uncompromising powerhouse of a film will continue to provoke, offend, and influence the minds of upcoming young generations. I do admit that it's near-perfection in terms of the technicality: Fincher's terrific direction, cinematography, highly energetic editing, and great production design.

It's masterclass filmmaking. The story, on the other hand, is problematic at times. Not everything makes perfect sense, and its explicit violence and moral ambiguity always bother me every time I watch this film (don't know how many times I've seen the film, but still I can't get used to it.

) I love the performances (Brad Pitt gives one of his best performances in this film), love the twisted humor, and really like the first and third act. Fight Club, a testosterone-filled, homoerotic, ultraviolent satire on consumerism and social organization, is a wildly entertaining time.