18 certificateFight Club is a Film programme that first aired in 1999 and has been classified a 18 certificate.

Fight Club is a 5 star programme

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Fight Club (1999)

Directed by
David Fincher

Edward Norton has no family or close friends but he has a well-paid job and a pile of material possessions in an apartment which looks like an advertisement.

This is the basis of his malaise. He is fed up with conformity and consumer culture. Pairing up with an unusual, charismatic character called Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), he sets up a new club where like-minded young men relieve their ennui by beating each other to a pulp.

Fincher's other notable films include The Game, Se7en and Panic Room. In each, he depicts a gothic vision, posing uncomfortable questions at the margins of civilised behaviour. Although much of Fight Club is written in bold strokes with some brutal violence, it is as much about seizing control of life as it is about the purifying capacity of pain.

If films such as The Rock and Pearl Harbor represent the glossy façade of modern Hollywood film-making, this is the dark side, with claws and a plot to gnaw at your insides. Fantastic.

Written by ,

Also known as "Clube da Luta", "El Club de la Pelea"

Genre: Film

Running Time: 138 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1999

Rating:
5/5 Stars

Classification: 18 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

When is Fight Club next on TV?

It's next showing on Film4 April 10th, 10:50pm and on Film4 Plus 1 April 10th, 11:50pm. See more...

Cast

Image for Edward NortonEdward Norton...Narrator
Image for Brad PittBrad Pitt...Tyler Durden
Image for Helena Bonham CarterHelena Bonham Carter...Marla Singer
Image for Meat LoafMeat Loaf...Robert 'Bob' Paulson
Image for Zach GrenierZach Grenier...Richard Chesler
Richmond Arquette...Intern
David Andrews...Thomas
George Maguire I...Group Leader
Eugenie Bondurant...Weeping Woman
Christina Cabot...Group Leader
Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston...Speaker
Rachel Singer...Chloe
Christie Cronenweth...Airline Attendant
Tim deZarn...Inspector Bird
Ezra Buzzington...Inspector Dent