3/4  Different
The second viewing of this movie never really lives up to the first. Once the secret is out it loses some of it punch (ha). But, overall this was a very well done movie with a interesting story. It is another movie with a very stylized l... (read full)

4/4  Mind Blowing..
...would be the only two words that can justly describe this film, that will challenge you, entertain you, and disturb you!

One of the best films I've seen in a long time, "Fight Club" concerns a slightly depressed, insomniac, known on... (read full)

4/4  Fight Club - A true original.
There has never been a film like this before it, or after it. And i would place a bet that there never will be. This is one of a kind. A real punk rock movie with a style that punches right in the gut. Everyone is at the top of their game ... (read full)

3/4  What a twist!
I was persuaded to see this by my boyfriend. He said that the movie was amazing and there was a HUGE twist at the end. So I watch it. The movie was good until I figured out the damn twist in the middle of the movie! Other than that I think... (read full)

4/4  Fight Club
After looking past all the violence, extreme cinematographic techniques, computer-enhanced images, and other tricks Fight Club plays on us, we see another level to this film. It's a show about young men trying to find their place in societ... (read full)

3.5/4  First Rule of Fight Club:
I liked it a lot. Really, I did. It's just that I don't think it lives up to the hype. But, it's still the best movie Brad Pitt has ever done. And, it's one of the best that Edward Norton has ever done. All in all, it was a very interestin... (read full)

2.5/4  Fight Club Quick Review
In a way one of my favorite films made. But, I think it lacks entertaining value... It was very well made and I love it, but it's a little boring.

4/4  Fight Club Quick Review
Fincher's best work to date, and you thought Brad Pitt couldnt act. Its just unbelievably good, end of.

4/4  Fight Club Quick Review
It was interesting, and it kept you on your toes until the very end, but I think I'll have to see it again because it had a lot of little things that was foreshadowing, but you didn't know it was. lol, but its a movie that I would suggest.

3/4  Fight Club Quick Review
A film that is interesting to follow and you just want to see where it goes. Although it does cheat at the end, it still stays interesting even after that.

4/4  Fight Club Quick Review
One of my top favorites of all time. It hooks you in and has enough entertainment to keep you watching again and again. Awesome, intriguing, dark humored, and great fun!

4/4  Fight Club Quick Review
What a great movie, you could see it ten times and it's just as good as the first time

5/5 Best Blu Ray Release!!
  by Chuan Chang (Los Angeles)
Just when I thought they are going to use the old DVD title, They surprise you. I thought they put the wrong disc in case. I love their sense of humor.
If you are not a fight club fan, please do not get it! I have waited for this fight club Blu Ray release for 2 years. I own this movie in seven versions. If they keep releasing new version of this movie. I will keep buying it.

3/5 Blue Ray disc is irritating
  by Christopher J Nelson (Chandler, AZ USA)
When you press stop, and want to press play again to continue the movie, the disc starts back from the very beginning. Pressing stop once does not hold the disc in the chapter you were watching. Basically, the movie reverts back to start up mode as if you had just placed and disc into the player to begin watching. Very frustrating and unnecessary.

4/5 Excellent Blu-Ray....Buuuuuuuuuuuuuut...
  by The Completist (Missoula, MT)
Instead of trying to inflate my self-importance by pretending to be an amateur movie critic and arguing the good/bad aspects of FIGHT CLUB, I'm going to review the actual BLU-RAY DISC for the people who may want to buy it. I will say this: I didn't like this movie at first because I didn't know it was supposed to be satire, and I didn't know what to look for; watching it on DVD changed my mind. There.

DON'T THROW OUT YOUR 2-DISC DVD JUST YET. Except for HOT FUZZ and SERENITY, I've never seen a perfect DVD-Blu-ray conversion, and this is why FIGHT CLUB only gets 4 stars instead of 5. Most of the important production materials from the 2-Disc Special Edition are here (titles, location footage, deleted scenes, etc.) but some of the footage from the DVD didn't make it (like the BTS fight choreography training); the fact that this has been replaced by a perfunctory Spike TV awards show clip (probably chosen because it was in HD) isn't much consolation. There's also no retrospective documentary, which a film like this probably deserves.

The special features menus is a little hard to navigate because there's no color highlighting on the titles, but once you get the hang of it, you'll be okay. Probably the most irritating thing is the chapter selection only offers one chapter at a time instead of a full screen of choices.

The film transfer itself is pretty sweet: the grain from the film stock is visible (very nice), but it tends to clash slightly with the compression leaving the grain looking a little bit "sparky" but not enough to be distracting (I noticed because I was deliberately scrutinizing the image, not casually watching it). There does seem to be some inconsistency in the blacks from shot to shot, and you can also see some pixellation in said blacks at certain times. Again, keep in mind I was LOOKING for this stuff, it didn't just jump out at me; although you might notice it a little more if your TV is about 46" or more.


But all this only takes 1 star off the review; nothing omitted was terribly important and the transfer is pretty great. The movie itself looks as new as the day it was made and it thankfully hasn't been altered from its original aspect ratio for 16:9 TVs. I think the $15.99 price tag on it currently makes up for any flaws.

5/5 Stunningly good Blu-Ray for a 10 year-old film
  by Matthew T. Weflen (Chicago, IL)
The movie: I love Fight Club. It's one of the best American films of the past 20 years. Literate, funny, disturbing, shocking, and endlessly entertaining, it's really without flaw. Thank goodness it got made before 2001, after which a film that lionizes the exploits of a domestic terrorist who plots to destroy buildings could probably have never been made.

The performances are all quite good - Edward Norton before he started believing his own press, Brad Pitt, well, being Brad Pitt very well, and Helena Bonham Carter in the perfectly cast role (if not typecast at this point) are the highlights.

I'm not going to say much else. If, somehow, you've avoided seeing this movie, I would hate to spoil it for you. It's a must see, plain and simple, up there with the films of Kubrick, Scorsese, and other American cinematic luminaries of the past 50 years.

The Blu-Ray:

Wow. I was cringing, hoping and praying to the Blu-Ray gods that this one wouldn't be ruined as other films of this vintage have, (such as Gladiator) by a terrible, disrespectful video transfer, loaded with edge enhancement, excessive DNR, and the like.

Well, my prayers were answered. A fine, lovely film grain is preserved in this 2.40:1 1080p encode. Detail is very strong, especially in cloth textures. This is a DARK movie, and the blackness is well represented, with deep, rock solid blacks. Shadow detail is great, though, with loads of information present in the shadowy near-black parts of the picture. BE SURE TO CALIBRATE your TV before watching this! You must have your brightness, contrast, and gamma set properly to get the most out of this flick. The color palette of the film, with its sickly greens and browns, and its omnipresent fluorescent lighting, is well-preserved.

Fight Club was an early DVD which was very good for its day. This Blu-Ray takes that DVD, smashes it teeth out, rubs its face in the dirt, and urinates on its corpse. The quality of this transfer is close to or equal to that of the best current films today. It really is stunning.

Audio is presented in a 5.1 channel DTS-HD soundtrack that works perfectly fine. Much of the film is dialogue heavy, but when the surrounds get churning, they sound great, but do not obscure the dialogue. This is really the main thing I want out of a soundtrack - to not have to constantly adjust the volume while watching Fight Club succeeds.

Extras include 4 commentaries, with everyone from the director to the stars to the author of the original book having a say. The making of and retrospective features are a mix of old and new. I can't tell if all of the extras from the previous disc are present, but at least some of them are. The new stuff is in HD, the old stuff in SD. I must say, the organization of the extras is not great. The menus are a tad confusing, and a lot of small things are hidden in small corners. Most irritating is "Jack's search index," which mixes clips of the film itself with other more fleshed out features in a giant alphabetical list. Not very useful.

In summary:

This disc is a worthy upgrade. It houses a great video transfer, and at least as much extra material as the original 2 disc DVD, all on one Blu-Ray disc. At the price it's currently going for, it's a steal.

Even if some of the extra features are missing from the DVD (which I will not take the time to confirm due to the irritating menu system), there really is no reason to hang onto your old set. This one is superior in just about every conceivable way. No DVD could do what this Blu-Ray does. It is unquestionably superior and should be the disc anyone serious about this movie owns.

5/5 Some things you might have missed
  by N. Ying
Fight Club is an absolute masterpiece of American cinema. For those who have only seen this movie once or twice, some of you might have missed a couple of brilliant moments in the movie:

(1) Brad Pitt or some brief half-second collages of him appear in a few scenes before he makes his proper entrance in the movie (the plane scene with Norton). Think of the storyline, and you'd understand that's done for a very good reason. Ingenious.

(2) The very last second before the movie ends. Yes, the very last second of the falling skyscrapers scene. Watch it again if you have missed it. It echoes with something Tyler said earlier in the movie. Fascinatingly cunning.