Fight Club

(Fox)

David Fincher's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's sophomoric first novel is trashy, sensationalistic, amoral, pretentious, and bound to outrage those who believe that movies corrupt society and cause violent behavior. Edward Norton's unnamed corporate drone moves in with prankster dilettante Brad Pitt, and together the pair draw other disenfranchised losers into their after-hours bare-knuckle bouts, organizing it into a grassroots movement transforming anti-establishment rage into self-flagellation. Fincher spars with issues of alienation, repression, self-destruction, the future of civilization, and the nature of the cinema, but it's all just shadow boxing.