Fight Club
1999 · Directed by David Fincher
An insomniac office drone meets a soap salesman and they start a club. Things escalate. Don't talk about it. The first rule. The eighth rule.
Why It's Cult
Fight Club is the late-nineties masculinity scream that's been somewhere between misread and weaponized for twenty-five years. Fincher directs Palahniuk's novel like the inside of a cracking skull. Pitt and Norton in the prime of both careers. Bonham Carter as Marla. The third-act reveal that fundamentally restructures the first two acts on rewatch. Yes, you got it on first watch. Yes, you're sure.
The Plot, Officially
A nameless first-person narrator attends support groups in an attempt to subdue his emotional state and relieve his insomniac state. When he meets Marla, another fake attendee of support groups, his life seems to become a little more bearable. However, when he associates himself with Tyler he is dragged into an underground fight club and soap-making scheme. Together the two men spiral out of control and engage in competitive rivalry for love and power.
Starring
Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf
Where to Watch
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