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Fight Club [VHS] [1999]

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4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (198 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
  • Directors: David Fincher
  • Writers: Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls
  • Producers: Arnon Milchan, Art Linson, Ceán Chaffin, John S. Dorsey, Ross Grayson Bell
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
  • Language English
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 6 Nov 2000
  • Run Time: 134 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (198 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004TL79
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,417 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
All films require a certain suspension of disbelief, Fight Club perhaps more than others; but if you're willing to let yourself get caught up in the anarchy, this film, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, is a modern-day morality play warning of the decay of society. Edward Norton is the unnamed protagonist, a man going through life on cruise control, feeling nothing. To fill his hours, he begins attending support groups and 12-step meetings. True, he isn't actually afflicted with the problems, but he finds solace in the groups. This is destroyed, however, when he meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), also faking her way through groups. Spiralling back into insomnia, Norton finds his life is changed once again, by a chance encounter with Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), whose forthright style and no-nonsense way of taking what he wants appeal to our narrator. Tyler and the protagonist find a new way to feel release: they fight. They fight each other, and then as others are attracted to their ways, they fight the men who come to join their newly formed Fight Club. Marla begins a destructive affair with Tyler, and things fly out of control, as Fight Club is transformed into a nationwide fascist group.

The depiction of violence in Fight Club is unflinching, but director David Fincher's film is captivating and beautifully shot, with camerawork and effects that are almost as startling as the script. The movie is packed with provocative ideas and images--from the satirical look at the emptiness of modern consumerism to quasi-Nietzschean concepts of "beyond good and evil"--that will leave the viewer with much food for thought to take away. Pitt and Norton are an unbeatable duo, and the film has a great sense of humour too. Even if it leaves you with a sense of profound discomfort this is a movie that you'll have to see again and again, if for no other reason than to just to take it all in. --Jenny Brown, Amazon.com

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FIGHT CLUB is narrated by a lonely, unfulfilled young man (Edward Norton) who finds his only comfort in feigning terminal illness and attending disease support groups. Hopping from group to group, he encounters another pretender, or 'tourist', the morose Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), who immediately gets under his skin. However, while returning from a business trip, he meets a more intriguing character--the subversive Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt). They become fast friends, bonding over a mutual disgust for corporate consumer-culture hypocrisy. Eventually, the two start Fight Club, which convenes in a bar basement where angry men get to vent their frustrations in brutal, bare-knuckle bouts. Fight Club soon becomes the men's only real priority; when the club starts a cross-country expansion, things start getting really crazy. Like Tyler Durden himself, director David Fincher's FIGHT CLUB, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, is startlingly aggressive and gleefully mischievous as it skewers the superficiality of American pop culture. Outstanding performances by Norton and Pitt are supported by a razor-sharp script and an arsenal of stunning visual effects that include computer animation and sleight-of-hand editing. One of the most unique films of the late 20th century, FIGHT CLUB is a pitch-black comedy of striking intensity.

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Rule Number One, 7 Dec 2007
By J. Alexander (Chester) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fight Club [1999] [DVD] (DVD)
Rule Number One, you do not talk about fight club,
Rule Number Two, you do NOT talk about fight club.

Except DO talk about it. Tell everyone! This film is a modern classic.

David Fincher's directorial career had been a bizarre one in the build up to this effort. Alien3 had been heavily altered by the studio, which lead to a poor first feature from the director. He followed it up sometime later, with another modern classic: Se7en. He then proceeded to make the cult film 'The Game', which divided critics and film goers alike.

And then came Fight Club.

It was heavily anticipated, but poor reviews from critic test screenings meant that it flopped at the box office. Only on DVD was it resurrected, when it too became a cult film, before it was finally (and justly), recognised as a classic modern piece.

Due to the nature of the story, it is difficult to give away too much of the plot without spoling it. Suffice to say, the film is a self narrated account of Jack's boring and meaningless life, and how it changes when he meets a rather strange character on a plane... and his house blows up.

Jack and his new friend start a secret underground fight club, which proves suprisingly popular.

Whilst the obvious credit goes to Brad Pitt, for his stunning performance as soap salesman Tyler Duerden, it is Edward Nortons quietly composed performance as 'Jack' which really makes the film, giving it a human face which we can all relate too, while Helena Bonham Carter and Meat Loaf provide crackling support.

With sparkling dialogue, heart pumping action, and a twist that will knock your socks off, Fight Club is possibly one of the most entertaining modern films ever made, and I would recommend it to anyone who isnt of a really sensitive disposition (as some of the fight scenes get quite brutal).

Whether it is a good as Se7en is up for debate, but Brad Pitt's contrasting performances in both films do make them excellent companion pieces.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Moody, 27 Dec 2007
This review is from: Fight Club [1999] [DVD] (DVD)
A dark, moody, disturbing and really gripping film, with some great quotes. Ed Norton is absolutely awesome as the 'office monkey' who hits rock bottom spiritual-bankcruptcy as his very being is crushed beneath his soulless existence. Brad Pitt is great as his quirky, twitchy journey-companion.

The whole thing is a very dramatic alternative take on Martha Stout's 'Myth of Sanity' and also is an oblique commentary on the human condition and the edge of the abyss to which he has brought himself.

As others have probably noted, it ends with a spectacular twist. Also, the film stands rewatching in light of knowing what happens at the end, you can then spot all kinds of quirks and anomalies throughout the film that now make sense. Fantastic!
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars God Is Dead, 24 April 2005
By L. Hardt (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fight Club - 2-disc Special Edition [DVD] [1999] (DVD)
This film is absolutely stunning - a true work of cinematic art. Every aspect of the production is highly polished and highly effective. From the all-star cast to the incredibly witty and fast paced script, the sets, the camera work and the sparing use of special effects this film just WORKS!

It sometimes strikes me that film, as a relatively new form of art, can be just as capable as a book at explaining philosophys and ideas that we can use, perhaps even live by and i believe that Fight Club is such a film. Obviously it is extreme and i am not in any way suggesting that we all join underground anarchist armies BUT the message is real and Nietszchean (as rightfully pointed out by the Amazon reveiwer). What is really valuable to us? What do we REALLY want? And why do we so often not do what we want? Fight Club deals with the modern condition of nihilism - our lack of belief in our lives, lives that we continue to lead even when we have no faith in them or the ideals that we hold. In fact, it may be that we do not even truly believe in ourselves. This is the problem for Edward Norton's character, Jack (as in "I am Jack's total lack of suprise" "I am Jack's medula oblongata" etc.). But then Jack meets Tyler (Brad Pitt), a guy who does exactly what he wants, who does crazy stuff in order just to FEEL anything - to feel affirmed, alive, powerful, Jack's whole world view begins to shift...

The script is fantastic - some of the scenes are amazing. Check Brad's dialougue in the chemical burn scene, Edward's first confrontation with his boss. Some of the jokes are very fast, subtle and easy to miss. The wit is impeccable and dark, garaunteed to raise a cynical chuckle from even the most caustic and dry among us. Quick fire lines between Pitt and Norton consolidate the pair's fantastic realtionship and create something of a god out of Pitt's character (presumably the point of the film). Helena Bonham-Carter is also fantastic in this film - pretty, weird and funny.

In regards to this particular package, the extras are nothing THAT special - but who needs them when the film is so good? The packaging is beautiful however and that alone may be worth buying this "Special Edition" for, that is, if you are a Fight Club fan and you do not yet own a copy. However there are cheaper editions available if you arent sure....

Now, seriously, see this film! Although be warned, it may change your life.....
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1.0 out of 5 stars BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!
Well ok............. i was hoping for this movie to be a class fighting movie for a chilled out friday night... boy was i wrong! Read more
Published 3 months ago by A. Vaughan

3.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent but boring at the end
This is a good film. For the first hour and a half that is. It could have easily lost a half hour. Also I thought that the shock value of this movie and the dark humour begins to... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gary 78

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, clever, sardonic - don't listen to the Whitehouses of this world!!
For those of you who only know the controversy associated with Fight Club, take it from me, it's all for nothing. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Adam J. Levene

5.0 out of 5 stars This is in my top 10 best films
I have this very same box set, and am very happy with it, I would have to class this film as being in my top 10 best films ever, A must see.
Published 6 months ago by Michael Mihalyfi

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant...
fight club is one of my favourite movies and i think this film is one of the best of all time.with its cast and crew this film is extremely powerful. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Yavuz Dademir

5.0 out of 5 stars This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time....
Edward Norton stars as a typical thirty-something bachelor, living in an Ikea furnished apartment and working a job that gives him no satisfaction. Read more
Published 13 months ago by R. Mullaney

5.0 out of 5 stars not nietzschean or fascist
people who claim the philosophy of this film is close to nietzsche's are wrong. the buildings blown up at the end of the film would have been full of the 'botched and bungled' if... Read more
Published 14 months ago by T. Kennedy

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful physiological drama
"How much do you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?" This tagline from Brad Pitt's (Thelma and Louise) character Tyler Durden is both intriguing and... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Stampy

4.0 out of 5 stars Blood, soap, and man boobs.
When this film first came out I never got the chance to watch it, it was only recently that I was able to enjoy this film. Read more
Published 19 months ago by DangermouseZilla

2.0 out of 5 stars A confused, contradictory experience, wrapped up in a slick package.
The central premise of this film seems to be that Western men need to cut loose and recover from the stresses and strains of the rat race by fighting with one another in... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Penelope

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