Spoiler Review ( Fight Club )

   

''Fight Club'' satisfied me as a thriller as the film contained all the main elements that you would expect to discover in a thriller genre. This includes a huge aspect of the film which was mystery and suspense which is presented through the plot, characters, cinematography and special techniques with the effects that keeps the audience guessing.

At the very start of the film the director creates mystery as in the opening credits its flashing through the nervous system of the brain , this confuses the audience as they think the film is about fighting (based on the name) so this makes them guess why the nervous system of the brain right from the start but in the end this all becomes clear as the narrator turns out to be a schizophrenic.

The Narrator of the film describes his lifestyle at the start which is quite ordinary apart from he is an  Insomniac, by doing this it instantly keeps the audience thinking where the film is heading and what is going to be the main topic as fighting was suspected to be , but it hasn't even been introduced in the first 30 minutes of the film. But if noticed by the audience subliminal messages are sent throughout the start of the film, as flashes of fighters appear in point of view shots of the narrator this shocks the audience and make them question themselves if they actually saw it, this is a great atmosphere to create in a thriller genre.

Marla Singer is a character that is introduced in a very mysterious way by her smoking and wearing sunglasses and strolling in on a council meeting standing out from the rest , this instantly signifies to the audience she is an important character and will play a main part in creating mystery and this turns out to be true as she is the one the narrator calls to reassure he is a schizophrenic as he sleeps with Marla later on in the film and she saw him as Tyler Durden.

Then Tyler Durden is introduced and straight away he clicks with the narrator and they create the fight club and go out creating reckless crimes, this builds suspense as the crimes and the entire fight club as a whole are like a build up to the twist at the end and keeps the audience on the edge of their seats as the fighting scenes keeps the audience interested. Also the fact the two characters click unnaturally fast makes the audience question if he is real or not this can also be suspected through the characters strange and unnatural costume .

The director creates mystery and suspense through the cinematography as he specifically throughout the film uses camera angles and shot types to never have Marla, Tyler and the Narrator in the same shot in a set which makes the audience wonder why the director has done this, and it builds suspense up to lead up to the audience discovering  the Narrator is Tyler Durden and he physically saw his conscious and had a split personality.

Here I have attached a few stills and important scenes that resemble the style of the film and how it is presented :

Overall I feel the film delivered brilliantly as a thriller genre as the twist at the end was very successful and made all the past of the plot become crystal clear which brought the shock factor to the audience. So for these reasons I rated 4/5 for Fight club as a thriller.