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List Price: $22.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 51013
Released: June 5, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
"'Fight Club' pulls you in, challenges your prejudices, rocks your world and leaves you laughing" (Rolling Stone). Brad Pitt ("12 Monkeys", "Seven"), Edward Norton ("Primal Fear," "American History X") and Helena Bonham Carter ("Mighty Aphrodite," "A Room With A View") turn in powerful "performances of which movie legends are made" (Chicago Tribune) in this action-packed hit. A ticking-time-bomb insomniac (Norton) and a slippery soap salesman (Pitt) channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until a sensuous eccentric (Bonham Carter) gets in the way and ignites an out-of control spiral toward oblivion.
Description of Fight Club (Collector's Edition Steelbook):
All films take a certain suspension of disbelief. Fight Club takes 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. Spiraling 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 grows into a nationwide fascist group that escapes the protagonist's control.
Fight Club, directed by David Fincher (Seven), is not for the faint of heart; the violence is no holds barred. But the film is captivating and beautifully shot, with some thought-provoking ideas. Pitt and Norton are an unbeatable duo, and the film has some surprisingly humorous moments. The film leaves you with a sense of profound discomfort and a desire to see it again, if for no other reason than to just to take it all in. --Jenny Brown
Fight Club (Collector's Edition Steelbook) Reviews:
Just fantastic 
2009-12-27 - An amazing movie in amazing Blu-ray quality...couldn't have asked for anything better. All my friends (and, I'll admit, myself) were blown away by the picture quality, not to mention the fact that this is a movie everyone should own.
I'am Jack's Complete Disbelief ..
2009-12-22 - I'am in total disbelief how this thought provoking movie made only a $35 mil in box office ..
We should all buy copy of DVD and donate it to friends to make this movie a success .
Best movie of my generation.
2009-12-21 - I simply loved this movie and has stayed at my #1 movie favorite since I saw it in the theatres.
Smart, witty, well written and directed, acted... I cannot say I found a single flaw in the entire movie. There are small liberties taken when converting from the book, but nothing that detracted from the story, and in many cases, improved the plot.
***Bluray Review*** The Bluray just expounds on all of that. Sound is exceptional, the visuals blow me away. This is the 4th copy of the movie (1 of them this BluRay), and I'm glad I bought it.
Excellent movie makes excellent transition to Blu-Ray
2009-12-21 - The cult classic Fight Club has been a favorite of mine for quite some time, and I eagerly awaited its release on Blu-Ray. I was not disappointed. The sound and image quality is fantastic, and the movie is as good as it ever was. It is a must for any fan.
Fantastic movie. Fantastic Disk.
2009-12-21 - I do not want to talk too much cause the disk was already reviewed on a number of different sites. The movie is fantastic as we all know, but the HD quality of the sound and picture really surprised me. Fantastic all around and surely worth the purchase.
