FREE ON CINEGEEK.De David Fincher - Fight Club 

Fight Club allows its heroes to get drunk and get beat up. They even sign a contract for it. Regardless, it's a celebration of fascism like it hasn't been since the dark 80s, a celebration of testosterone! Edward Norton plays a depressive, fear-driven loner. His world looks like a sardonic social satire. To overcome his pain, he attends meetings where the participants hug each other tightly. For example, the meetings of cancer victims. Those with testicular cancer. By the way, Norton appears here as "The Narrator". A good trick, which we will see through later. Then he notices another "miserable tourist" named Marla (Helena Bonham Carter). She also USES these meetings only. Then he meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) in a plane. He seems to be able to look "The Narrator" straight into the soul. When The Narrator's dismal skyscraper settlement goes up in flames, he instinctively visits Tyler. "The Narrator becomes a member of Fight Club. There, men meet who find their freedom and self-realization in beating each other half to death. Until then, I like Fight Club. Unfortunately director David Fincher tries to show us how clever he is. He will add scenes that turn everything seen upside down. It's called "Mindgame" or "Mindfuck". And what is it really about? About the shackles of modern life that restrict us? Amen. And what is Tyler up to? Just to get men together who'll beat the crap out of each other? Tyler will philosophize a lot and tell very little that makes any sense. Fight Club doesn't follow Tyler's philosophy. But still the (especially male) audience likes him. Because the pictures philosophize for themselves and on them you see the muscle-bound Brad Pitt. He is allowed to sing the high song of fascism and looks really cool. A stupid movie.