The first rule of “Fight Club” is to not talk about “Fight Club.”

Disregarding that, “Fight Club” is one of the greatest movies of all time and still leaves its mark in pop culture and the film industry today. “Fight Club” starts out with the character The Narrator talking about his struggles with insomnia. He finds that going to random support groups for various illnesses helps him cry, allowing him to sleep at night. This doesn’t last for long, though, because as a fraud, he spots another among the crowd at two support groups.

The Narrator soon comes to find out this mystery woman is named Marla Singer, and she also goes to support groups to feel something. This bothers The Narrator because he can’t lie to these people with another liar watching, and this prompts him to approach Marla, where they create a schedule on what meetings each will go to. Due to his job, The Narrator is on a plane where he meets his soon-to-be accomplice Tyler Durden, a soap salesman. Both men soon find themselves fighting each other, giving the narrator a better outlet than support groups ever did. As always, there’s something darker the audience might not expect the first time. If you haven’t seen this masterpiece make sure to turn away because it will contain spoilers. 

The first noticeable thing about “Fight Club” is how well Edward Norton embodies his character as somebody who just entered a midlife crisis, and has no idea how to escape it. It’s genuinely hard to imagine anybody else playing the character as well as he does. Norton captured the physiological drain of his character in every single scene he performed. The thing that makes this movie such a physiological roller coaster would be the fact that his performance is so lifelike. I remember the first time I watched this movie, I was paranoid I would come down with a case of insomnia because of how bad Norton made it look. 

Everything about the dreary coloration of the movie sets the scene so well. It’s never truly a cinematic experience without only the characters showing their feelings but the scene emphasizing that and reflecting how the character feels. That’s why the color pallets of grays, greens, and yellows really caught my eye. The only character that breaks this color pattern is Tyler, who wears loose and colorful clothing. This is probably to represent who the narrator wants to be instead of his usual business casual. 

Some movies make really obvious plot twists, and the first time I watched this the ending was really surprising. Finding out that Tyler Durden was a figment of imagination the entire time was not something that first-time watchers would expect. The way the Narrator finds out is even more genius. Having him fly to all these locations just to find out it was him all along, spreading “Fight Club” like a disease. One of the scariest things about this movie is when the Narrator tries to report himself to the police for the terrorist bombing he’s about to commit on the city, only to find out even the cops are a part of fight club, knowing that there was no escape to this empire he has created. 

“Fight Club” is a movie that will forever remain iconic. The story is timeless and shows what a world would be like if it was absolute mayhem. The true horror of the movie is that everyone needs an outlet to relieve their stress or anxiety and this isn’t something that would necessarily be unrealistic. If you read this review, I hope you agree with some of the things I talked about, and if you haven’t watched the movie, I would highly recommend it because it’s a 5/5. I promise you will notice more clues each and every time you watch it.