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Fight Club (Film)

By david fincher.

• Fight Club (Film) Summary

The film opens, literally, inside the mind of the protagonist, Jack/the Narrator. The character's real name is never established, but "Jack" comes from the credits. The camera moves along neural pathways inside Jack's brain and emerges out of his head where we see that Jack is seated with a gun in his mouth. The gun is held by Tyler Durden . Jack and Tyler are on an upper floor of what appears to be an office building. Jack explains in voice-over that he and Tyler are awaiting a massive detonation of various buildings around them and that his current situation has something to do with a woman named Marla Singer .

The scene shifts to a support group for men recovering from testicular cancer. We learn that Jack has been attending support group meetings for survivors of a variety of diseases though he is completely disease-free. These meetings allow him to cry and accept the pain and misery of his everyday life. Because he can cry, he can also sleep. Jack suffers from insomnia. This drove him to seek medical treatment. The doctor he saw was not so sympathetic and instead of giving him sleep aids, advised Jack to visit the support group for men with testicular cancer. "That's pain," the doctor says.

After attending all these meetings for some time and feeling more content with his existence, Jack's reality is shaken when Marla Singer, a woman, suddenly begins attending the testicular cancer group. Jack sees her at all of his other meetings too. She is completely disease-free as well. With her present in the room, Jack cannot cry and so he cannot sleep. He fantasizes about telling her off and finally confronts her at one of the meetings. She is not intimidated by him at all. She finally agrees to split up the week of meetings with Jack so they do not have to run into each other anymore. Jack obtains Marla's phone number in case they ever have to reschedule.

Jack works as a recall coordinator for the automobile industry. His job is to fly around the country and write up accident reports on his company's cars to see if there are any potential liabilities. While seated on a plane flying home Jack finds himself seated next to a soap salesman named Tyler Durden. Tyler is highly unusual, dressed in colorful outrageous clothes, and spouting various odd conspiracy theories. Jack finds himself envying Tyler's view of life and the relative freedom it grants him. He watches Tyler stand up and sneak his way into the first class section of the airplane.

When Jack arrives at his apartment building he finds that his unit has been blown up. His belongings line the lawn in front of the building. He finds Marla's number amongst the ashes and calls her but hangs up without saying anything. He pulls Tyler's business card from his pocket and gets in touch with him. They meet at a bar where, over the course of three pitchers of beer, Tyler rejects the consumerism and product worship that have come to permeate Jack's life.

The two men leave the bar and step into the parking lot. Jack says he should find a hotel. Tyler tells him he can stay with him, but that he needs a favor. "I want you to hit me as hard as you can", says Tyler. Jack launches into a voice-over recounting Tyler's life. We see that Tyler works night jobs as a projectionist (where he splices single frames of pornography into family films) and a banquet waiter (where he serially befouls the food with his bodily fluids). Returning to the parking lot scene, Jack finally and reluctantly winds up and punches Tyler. Tyler returns with a punch to Jack's gut. The two men then engage in a sloppy but spirited fight.

Following the fight, the two men share a bottle of beer and retire to Tyler's house: a dilapidated, possibly condemned old house in an isolated industrial section of town. Nothing in the house really works. The pipes spew dirty water and when it rains the basement floods. Nonetheless, Jack begins living in the house with Tyler. The two continue to engage in fights. Jack begins coming to work sporting impressive bruises and cuts. His boss is not pleased.

As the film progresses we see that fighting and the rejection of his old values are becoming a larger part of Jack's life. Jack's boss is increasingly uncomfortable around Jack, whose disheveled appearance is less and less appropriate for the work environment. At home, Tyler and Jack have a discussion about their fathers, each of which had little presence in their lives. Tyler says that he and Jack are members of a generation raised by women and that another woman, a wife, may not really be the answer they need.

The bar at which Tyler and Jack had their first fight is now the meeting point for a group of men that Tyler and Jack have attracted with their fighting, proving that they are not alone in how they feel. In a secret agreement with the bartender, the men use the basement of the bar for their fights. Tyler dubs the group " Fight Club " and explains the rules of the club to its members. The most important rule is that fight club is to remain a secret. No one is to discuss it outside at any point.

One day the phone at Tyler's house rings. Jack answers it to find that it is Marla calling. She's tracked him down, asking why he hasn't been going to meetings. Jack reminds her that they split them up. Marla confesses she's been going to his anyway only to find that he wasn't there. She tells Jack that she has ingested most of a bottle of Xanax. Jack is not in the mood to listen to this. As Marla babbles on, Jack puts the receiver down and walks away. That night he has a sex dream featuring Marla.

The next morning Jack is eating breakfast in the kitchen when he hears footsteps on the stairs, presumably Tyler's. Instead, Jack is shocked to find that it is Marla. Jack is incensed and asks what she's doing in his house. She curses at him and leaves abruptly. Tyler then descends the stairs. He explains that after Jack left the phone off the hook he picked it up and heard Marla. In a flashback sequence we see Tyler going to Marla's apartment and retrieving her before bringing her back to the house. She tells Tyler that if she falls asleep she will probably not wake up due to the Xanax she took. He has to keep her up all night. He and Marla have sex all night to achieve that. Jack is both emasculated and disgusted. Tyler asks if Jack has any feelings for Marla. He vehemently denies having any. Tyler makes him promise that he will never speak to Marla about him or what they do in that house. Jack agrees but is still upset. He is feeling like a third wheel.

Jack now comes home every day from work to hear Tyler and Marla having loud sex. He tries to block it out but it clearly irritates him. The phone in the house rings again. Jack answers it to find that it is Detective Stern of the police's arson unit. He is calling regarding Jack's apartment. He tells Jack that someone broke into his apartment and planted home-made dynamite to blow the unit up. Jack is surprised to hear this. Tyler appears and tells Jack that Detective Stern just wants to hear him say that Jack blew up his own apartment. Jack asks Stern if he is a suspect. Stern tells him to let him know if Jack is planning on leaving town. Jack hangs up to find that Tyler has disappeared but that Marla has come downstairs. She is wearing a bridesmaid's dress that she bought at a thrift store for $1. She comes on to him, grabbing his crotch. He insults her and she leaves abruptly again. Jack watches her go, this time with a tinge of sympathy on his face. Tyler suddenly reappears. Jack asks why he wastes time with Marla. Tyler says that at least she's trying to hit rock bottom. Jack asks what they are doing tonight. Tyler says they will make soap.

The next sequence finds Jack and Tyler descending on a liposuction clinic, where Tyler steals giant plastic bags of fat to take back with them. At home Tyler begins rendering the fat while Jack watches and learns. Tyler explains the ancient origins of soap and how it was an unintended result of human sacrifices which created lye and crept into river streams. Tyler takes a container of lye and then takes Jack's hand. He licks his lips and kisses Jack's hand before pouring lye on it. Jack's skin begins to sizzle and burn. He screams out in pain. Tyler tells Jack to stay with and accept the pain and the fact that one day his life will end. Jack fights and squirms but eventually calms down until Tyler pours vinegar on the wound to neutralize it. Jack collapses. Tyler tells him he's one step closer to hitting rock bottom.

At work Jack is descended upon by his boss, who has found a copy of the rules of fight club in the photocopier. He asks Jack if it belongs to him. Jack does not take responsibility but makes a thinly-veiled threat stating that the person who wrote these rules is "dangerous." Marla calls to tell Jack that she has found a lump in her breast and needs someone to check it for her because she can't afford a doctor. Jack goes to her apartment and reluctantly performs a breast exam, finding nothing. Marla pecks him on the cheek but Jack leaves quickly. Outside, he runs into Bob, a man he met at the testicular cancer support group. Bob tells Jack that he is now a member of fight club, which is news to Jack.

Later on at a meeting of fight club, Tyler remarks that he has seen a lot of new members, indicating that people are breaking the first rule of fight club. Tyler delivers a short monologue outlining his philosophy regarding advertising and how it has sold this generation a false narrative. Tyler gives the men a homework assignment: start a fight with a stranger and lose that fight.

The members of fight club go about completing their homework assignment and thereby recruiting new members to the organization. Jack goes to see his boss to have a frank discussion about the tension between them. Jack asks his boss to continue paying him instead of firing him. In exchange he will simply not tell anyone about the safety issues regarding the cars their company builds. His boss is furious at being blackmailed and calls security from his desk phone. Jack proceeds to beat himself up in front of his boss. When security arrives all they see is a beaten man kneeling before Jack's boss. Jack's demands are immediately met. He and Tyler can now have fight club every night of the week.

One morning Marla comes down the stairs into the kitchen where Jack is seated. She tells him that she will leave in a minute. Jack tells her it's okay if she stays and they talk a bit about Tyler. Suddenly Jack hears noise in the basement of the house. He finds Tyler at the bottom of the stairs. Tyler asks if they are talking about him. Jack says no and ends the conversation with Marla. She leaves frustrated, but concerned. In the basement Jack finds that Tyler has been constructing bunk beds.

Outside Jack finds that "applicants" are arriving for admission. On the porch they wait for admission into the house. Jack is unsure of what they are applying for but Tyler tells him to reject them all at first. After a day or two sitting outside, they are allowed to enter. The number of applicants increases over time. Tyler comes to call them "Space Monkeys" after the first animals sent into space as a sacrifice for progress. The house becomes a hive of activity, though Jack is unsure what the plan actually is. A news broadcast links recent acts of vandalism committed by these men to "underground boxing clubs." The chief of police vows to hunt down the group and shut them down. Following this announcement the men infiltrate a policeman's banquet and act as the event's waiters. They corner the chief of police in the men's bathroom and threaten to castrate him unless he calls off his investigation. The chief of police agrees.

While driving home from a night at Lou 's Tavern Tyler and Jack argue. Tyler has moved fight club out of the basement and started something new called Project Mayhem, all without telling Jack about any of it. Jack is insulted that he was never included in this, stating that he thought the two of them were doing this together. Tyler says that this is no longer about just them and that Jack doesn't really understand their relationship. Tyler confesses that he is the one who blew up Jack's apartment. Jack is shocked but there's no time to process this. Tyler steers the car into oncoming traffic. Jack fights for the wheel as cars swerve to dodge them. He finally snaps, telling Tyler he is sick of this. Tyler tells him he needs to let go and stop trying to control everything. He lets go of the steering wheel and the car flips over an embankment.

Jack comes to in his bedroom at the house. He is in and out of consciousness as Tyler describes a world that has returned to a hunter-gatherer/pre-agrarian lifestyle. When Jack fully awakens Tyler is nowhere to be found. The Space Monkeys are still in the house, hard at work, though Jack is still unsure of what they are doing. Marla comes by but Jack tells her that Tyler is gone. She walks away, pained. A commotion inside the kitchen draws Jack back. Bob has been shot while on an assignment for Project Mayhem. He's dead. The Space Monkeys are prepared to bury Bob in the garden outside. Jack says no, that this is a man and he deserves respect. He tells them his name was Robert Paulson. The men tell Jack that members of Project Mayhem have no names.

Jack runs up to Tyler's room and finds used flight coupons. Tyler has been traveling extensively all over the country. The phone rings. Detective Stern wants Jack to come down to the station. Jack hangs up and begins retracing Tyler's steps around the country. He learns that Tyler has been starting fight clubs all over the country and amassing a makeshift army for Project Mayhem. Everywhere Jack goes people seem to know him, as if they've met before. One such man tells Jack they met a week ago. When Jack asks him who he thinks Jack is, the man answers, "You're Mr. Durden."

Jack calls Marla from his hotel to ask if they have ever had sex. Marla is confused but uses the opportunity to chastise him for the nature of their relationship. She calls him Tyler. Jack is in a cold sweat at this point. At that moment Tyler suddenly reappears. He confirms that he and Jack are the same person, and that he is a mental projection of Jack's. Jack faints.

Jack wakes up in his hotel room and then races back to the house. It is empty. He collects whatever evidence he can and decides to go to the police. On the way he stops at Marla's apartment and tries to apologize to her for the way he has treated her. He tells her that she is in danger and should get out of town for a few weeks. Marla thinks he is insane but he convinces her to board a bus and leave town. Jack then goes to the police station and tells Detective Stern that he believes the plan hatched by Project Mayhem is to blow up the headquarters of several major credit card companies, thereby erasing the debt record. Detective Stern hears him out and leaves Jack in an interrogation room with several other officers. After Stern leaves, the other officers reveal themselves to be members of Project Mayhem. They tell him they are impressed with his commitment. Tyler had said that if anyone ever tried to stop Project Mayhem, even Jack/Tyler himself, that man should be castrated. The officers pin Jack down. He grabs one of their firearms and runs away.

Jack makes his way to one of the credit card company buildings. In the garage he finds a van filled with explosives. Tyler appears again. Jack disarms the bomb in the van, triggering a fight between him and Tyler. Tyler defeats Jack by throwing him down a flight of stairs. When he wakes up we find ourselves at the scene the film began with. Tyler is holding a gun inside Jack's mouth. They are waiting for the bombs to detonate that will destroy the credit card company buildings. Jack begs Tyler to stop this plan. Tyler tells him that Jack needs him, that eventually there will no longer be a Jack, only Tyler. Outside a bus comes to a stop. Marla is escorted off of the bus by Space Monkeys. Tyler says that she knows too much and has to be dealt with. Jack realizes that if he and Tyler are the same person, Tyler can't be holding the gun, only he could have control of it. He puts the gun to his own head. Tyler remains cool but is clearly concerned. Jack puts the gun inside his mouth and blows a hole through his own cheek. Tyler drops to the ground, a gunshot wound in the back of his head. Marla and the Space Monkeys enter where they are shocked to see the wound in Jack's face. The Space Monkeys are dispatched by Jack to find gauze, marveling at how tough Jack is, whom they have only known as Tyler Durden. Jack and Marla stand hand in hand as the bombs go off outside. Buildings in the background crumble to the ground. "You met me at a very interesting time in my life," says Jack.

Fight Club (Film) Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Fight Club (Film) is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

what made people to join with tayler

Tyler offers a way for men to reclaim their masculinity and identity. His followers feel emasculated and unable to understand their feelings. Through advertising and social manipulation, they have lost the ability to understand what it means to be...

Tyler complains that humans have lost value in society, yet the participants in project mayhem are known only bu number. What is wrong with his plan to change the world?

This is a paradox of sorts. I think that Tyler was trying to start a movement where men can discover themselves but in doing so they lose their identity to the movement itself. Their use of violence to change the world results in violence becoming...

WHAT IS THE FILMS INTERPRETATIONS OF EMASCULATION IN THE FILM FLIGHT CLUB?

This is a pretty involved topic. Fight Club presents the argument that men in today's society have been reduced to a generation of men that do nothing themselves, but have become anesthetized with watching others do things instead. Masculinity...

Study Guide for Fight Club (Film)

Fight Club study guide contains a biography of director David Fincher, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

• About Fight Club (Film)
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Essays for Fight Club (Film)

Fight Club literature essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of Fight Club directed by David Fincher.

• Restoration of Masculinity in Fight Club
• Fight Club: a Search for Identity
• The Problem of Identity in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club
• Catharsis and the Other: Defying Alterity in Fight Club and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• Tyler Durden as the Perfect Man

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Chuck palahniuk.

In Chuck Palahniuk’s first novel Fight Club , published in 1996, an anonymous narrator finds escape from his hollow life through an underground fighting club where men find their true selves through shared pain. Under the tutelage of the charismatic Tyler Durden, the narrator explores and exposes the dark heart of modern society.

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12 Most Disturbing Scenes In Fight Club Ranked

In 1999, "Fight Club" polarized critics. Roger Ebert hated the movie. In his two-star review, Ebert called the film "a celebration of violence," but acknowledged the talent of the director and the performances of Edward Norton and Brad Pitt . Many criticized the film for its nonchalant attitude toward violence, but wasn't that the point? Weren't we supposed to be repulsed by the violence and misogyny splashed across the screen? Wasn't the excess intended to disgust us?

Chuck Palahniuk's novel "Fight Club" was a satire; a condemnation of consumer culture and toxic masculinity. According to David Barnett of the  BBC , the changes that screenwriter Jim Uhls made gave the film a more ambiguous message. Uhls made Project Mayhem more central to the plot, and depicted Tyler Durden (Pitt) as more seductive, and less obviously narcissistic and sadistic. 

Considering the groups who have latched onto "Fight Club," it is natural to question its legacy. Megan Koester with Vice did when she asked, "If most people don't understand the satire, is it still satire?" Unsurprisingly, the most disturbing scenes in the film are violent, misogynistic, and predict an America plagued by homegrown militia groups and domestic terrorism. Keep reading as we rate the 12 most disturbing scenes from "Fight Club."

12. Stealing the fat from the liposuction clinic

The scene in "Fight Club" where Tyler and the Narrator (Norton) steal fat from the liposuction clinic's medical waste is absolutely disgusting. The Narrator throws the bags of fat over the fence to Tyler. Unfortunately, one bag gets caught on the barbed wire at the top of the fence, and the bloody fat oozes out of the bag, pouring down the fence onto Tyler.

This scene is 100% gag-inducing, but is quickly followed by us learning how Tyler renders the fat to make soap, then sells it to expensive department stores for $20 a bar. The Narrator says, "It was beautiful. We were selling rich women their own fat asses back to them," getting a laugh from the audience. There is also something subversive about Tyler's business. His anti-capitalistic stance makes him resent being part of the consumer economy, so he does something clever.

When Tyler steals something rich women pay to have removed from their bodies and transforms it into something else they will pay for, he is both making a statement, and working the system he wants to destroy. We get the sense Tyler enjoys using people's vanity against them, which is basically what advertising does, suggesting Tyler isn't so far removed from the system he wants to destroy. Paper Street Soap Company is a clever enterprise, but it leaves an after-taste of misogyny, which is something "Fight Club" has been accused of.

11. Tyler getting beat up by Lou while laughing

Although it isn't the most graphic fight scene in "Fight Club," watching Tyler beg for and then take a beating from Lou, the owner of the bar where they fight in the basement, is chilling. The way that Tyler manipulates Lou into participating in Fight Club, and then extorts permission to continue the fight, is unsettling.

Tyler elicits anger from Lou by laughing hysterically while getting hit, essentially taunting Lou into hitting him harder. Lou is so disturbed by Tyler coughing up blood that he flees the basement with his associate, giving them permission to continue congregating to fight. The way the members of Fight Club welcome pain is unsettling, but up to this point, we have only seen members taking part in the fights. We haven't seen the reaction of an outsider yet. Seeing Lou's disgust and repulsion reminds us that the club Tyler and the Narrator have created is not normal.

This is the point where the glorification of "Fight Club" starts to break down, and the audience remembers why society shuns violence. The members of Fight Club think they are reclaiming their masculinity through violence, and see it as a liberating force rather than a destructive one. We often link this reclamation of masculinity and an aberrance of emotional sensitivity to alt-right groups who have not only embraced "Fight Club," but have also adopted the slur "snowflake" from this film (via Esquire ).

10. The Narrator explains how car manufacturers do recalls

The scene where the Narrator explains how car manufacturers decide to do a recall is chilling. While discussing the accidents he reviews as a recall coordinator, and the mathematical formula his company uses to decide on a recall, the Narrator is completely detached. Both the Narrator and the car manufacturer express little regard for human life. It's the same disregard for life we will see in several moments in "Fight Club" and later in Project Mayhem.

Rather than being appalled by the company's greedy stance — only doing a recall if the projected settlement payouts are more than the cost of a recall — the Narrator talks about the formula like he is sharing good gossip with the woman sitting next to him on the plane. Her reaction to the information he shares is our subtle reminder of what an emotionally healthy reaction to this inflammatory information should be.

This scene suggests the Narrator's work as a recall coordinator has desensitized him to human suffering and death, leaving him with a dark sense of humor, and a deadened heart. The Narrator shares how numb he feels, leading to the emptiness that fuels both his insomnia and his "IKEA nesting instinct." This scene is one of the first indictments of consumer culture, and the greed that fuels capitalism when it highlights the auto company's adherence to the bottom line, rather than the safety of its customers.

9. The chemical burn scene is excruciating

The scene where Tyler gives the Narrator a chemical burn on his hand with lye is so difficult to watch. Imagining the pain is physically uncomfortable, but the way the Narrator gives in and lets Tyler torture him is even more disturbing than the pain. This kind of blind devotion the Narrator exhibits suggests he no longer has free will, and has fully succumbed to Tyler's influence.

This scene gives us insight into Tyler's personal philosophy. He believes surrendering to pain leads to enlightenment. His twisted philosophy glorifies violence, toughness, and pain, thinking of them as more valid life experiences than kindness, sensitivity, and comfort. The author of "Fight Club" told the BBC , "I've always thought Tyler was a tough love-type of [life] coach ... Tyler would be what Joseph Campbell called a 'secondary father' figure, such as a teacher, coach, minister or drill instructor, who challenges a person more than a biological father would dare."

Tyler is seductive. He's smart, funny, confident, charismatic, and cool in an edgy way that screams late '90s. The audience of "Fight Club" is supposed to be seduced by Tyler's subversive ideas, just like the Narrator is — but we are also supposed to realize Tyler isn't a hero, and this is a scene where we see Tyler's sadism. Many critics suggested "Fight Club" glorified violence, but this scene suggests the film was actually an indictment of violence and toxic masculinity.

8. Threatening to castrate the politician

The scene where Project Mayhem threatens to castrate Police Commissioner Jacobs for his public remarks about their activities is disturbing because it shows how organized the group has become. This scene also illustrates the power Project Mayhem could wield because they have eschewed the rules of civility, and have no hesitation in using both intimidation tactics and violence to achieve their nebulous goals.

As reported by Vice , "Fight Club," and the figure of Tyler Durden specifically, have been embraced by men's rights activists and the "manosphere." According to Vice, these are radical online communities concerned with the "emasculation" of men in modern society. They blame the "decline" of our culture on the disintegration of gender roles, and think men now fall into two categories: alpha and beta males. Tyler is obviously an alpha. It isn't surprising these groups have latched onto "Fight Club." Much like Tyler, they disregard feminism, and are hostile toward women.

Tyler believes men have been domesticated. He questions marriage, saying, "We're a generation of men raised by women. I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer we need." Tyler supports men using violence to set themselves free. It isn't surprising castration is a recurring theme. The film starts with the Narrator attending testicular cancer support groups, and finding fellowship with men who fear they have lost their manhood. The irony is that these men's groups who embrace the film don't understand Tyler isn't a folk hero, and "Fight Club" is actually a condemnation of toxic masculinity.

7. The ghost-riding car accident

The disregard for safety exhibited by all the men in the car during the car accident scene is disturbing. When we get on the road, we do so with the assumption that people driving in surrounding cars want to avoid an accident as much as we do. Seeing a group roll the dice, allowing gravity and chance to decide their fate, is truly scary. As Amelia Abraham with Dazed Digital said, "It's deeply nihilistic."

The conflict between Tyler and the Narrator infuses this scene with palpable tension. The Narrator finally asks questions about Project Mayhem, and pushes against Tyler's leadership. This conflict builds up to Tyler revealing he blew up the Narrator's condo, literally destroying his safe and predictable life. As they argue, Tyler tells the Narrator, "Stop trying to control everything and just let go." During your first viewing of "Fight Club," this looks like a power struggle between the founders of Fight Club.

Once we know Tyler and the Narrator are the same person, this tense scene means something else. This is where Tyler pushes for full control, not of Fight Club, or Project Mayhem, but of the Narrator's body and consciousness. Tyler is sick of the Narrator's squeamishness, and doesn't want any interference in the goals of Project Mayhem. This scene and many, including the activities of Project Mayhem, explore the disturbing anomie Tyler encourages, and reveal his pro-pain philosophy when he calls the crash a "near life experience."

6. The skyscrapers dropping from the sky

"Fight Club" came out in 1999. Still, anyone who has watched the film after 9/11 was probably unsettled by the last scene of the film , where Marla and the Narrator watch skyscrapers fall, as explosives demolish the surrounding buildings. This scene will conjure memories of watching the Twin Towers fall. Luckily, the buildings in the film were empty, so they killed no one during Project Mayhem's terrorist attack.

When Chuck Palahniuk published his 1996 novel "Fight Club," the Oklahoma City bombing was fresh in the consciousness of Americans. Our fears of domestic terrorism have only grown since the devastating event the FBI has called "the worst act of homegrown terrorism in the nation's history." The most terrifying element in "Fight Club" is when they come out of the basement and start carrying out homework assignments. What begins as pranks and vandalism grow into a private army led by Tyler Durden, who is hell-bent on destroying capitalism.

What is disturbing about this scene is that it is the culmination of an organized extremist militia group's attack on America. As Vice reported, some extremist groups have embraced the politics and tactics of Tyler Durden. These groups are armed, organized, and feel betrayed by our society's evolution. Eric D. Snider of Complex wrote, "Peeing in soups and blowing up buildings isn't rebellion; it's idiotic and pointless. Tyler Durden's followers are too blinded by their perceived wrongs and grievances to see that."

5. The Narrator beats himself up to extort his boss

The scene where the Narrator beats himself up to blackmail his boss into keeping him on the payroll, despite never coming back to the office, is disturbing. This scene also hints at the actual relationship between Tyler and the Narrator when he says, "For some reason, I thought of my first fight with Tyler" while beating himself senseless. Once we learn Tyler and the Narrator are one person with a split consciousness, we realize this scene is the Narrator's first glimpse of a truth he tries to ignore.

This scene is disturbing because we are understanding how mentally ill the Narrator is. He is unraveling and has now destroyed his last anchor — his job. Some have criticized "Fight Club" for associating mental illness with violence, suggesting it won't lessen the stigma associated with mental illness (via Dazed ). This film is an exploration of Freud's id because Tyler acts on the urges the Narrator will not. In Jungian terms, Tyler could be the Narrator's shadow, the aspects of himself the Narrator has rejected to fit into society (via VeryWell Mind ).

Some think the Narrator's schizophrenia reflects our fractured society, while others believe he suffers from dissociative identity disorder. Dr. Elizabeth Nelson from Pacifica Graduate Institute believes films are an excellent way for people to learn about psychology. In her course, Images of the Monstrous, she suggests "Fight Club," "Silence of the Lambs," and "A Clockwork Orange" are explorations of antisocial personality disorder (via The New Statesman ).

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, call the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), or visit the National Institute of Mental Health website .

4. The Narrator tells Marla, Tyler isn't here

When Marla comes to the Paper Street house, and the Narrator is standing outside angrily drinking because he feels abandoned by Tyler, he tells her, "Tyler isn't here. Tyler went away. Tyler's gone." The stunned and hurt expression on her face before walking away is heartbreaking. Once the Narrator realizes he and Tyler are the same person, he understands how dismally he has treated Marla, and worries for her safety.

Still, the narrator actually blames everything on Marla invading his support groups, making it impossible for him to cry. This scene is an excellent example of how the Narrator and Tyler have treated Marla terribly. The Narrator cared so little for Marla that he left her hanging on the phone to overdose alone. She's spoken about with contempt, like when Tyler calls her, "A predator posing as a house pet." Marla is the main reason "Fight Club" has been accused of being flagrantly misogynistic.

These accusations link the film to the incel movement, another online men's group that embraces "Fight Club" and Tyler Durden. As Peter C. Baker with The New Yorker suggests, the negative attitude about Marla reflects incels' negative feelings toward women, and their frustration with life. They feel entitled to things they can't get. This attitude is explored in Tyler's speech when he says, "We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't."

If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic abuse, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233. You can also find more information, resources, and support at their website .

3. Tyler threatens a convenience clerk's life to motivate him

This scene is disturbing because Tyler's victim, Raymond K. Hessel, isn't a willing participant in Fight Club. Raymond is terrified, and doesn't know this is a cruel exercise Tyler invented to amuse himself, a game designed to bring Fight Club out of the basement and into the world. Raymond doesn't want to be enlightened by terror and violence. He isn't a narcissistic sociopath like Tyler. He's just a wage worker who probably has PTSD now.

Tyler's "homework assignments" reveal how out of control and dangerous Tyler is, and how dangerous his followers are becoming. This is the moment the Narrator realizes Fight Club is morphing into something dangerous. A small detail most people miss is after Tyler and Project Mayhem have abandoned the house on Paper Street, we see a flash of identification cards of the people Tyler has subjected to his "human sacrifice" assignment while the Narrator was sleeping.

While many argue that "Fight Club" glorifies violence, this scene is one that suggests otherwise. The Narrator who has gone along with Tyler's plans is uncomfortable with the cruelty Tyler exhibits in his twisted attempt to motivate Raymond to go back to school. Eric D. Snider of Complex wrote, "What I didn't fully appreciate at 25 that I do at 40 is that 'Fight Club' doesn't endorse Tyler Durden's nihilism, it mocks it. Tyler is an extremist, taking good ideals too far and losing the moral high ground."

2. The Narrator giving his boss a thinly-veiled threat

We must remember "Fight Club" was released in November 1999, months after the Columbine school shooting. The scene where the Narrator threatens his boss by suggesting the employee who left the rules of Fight Club in the copy machine is unhinged, and might carry out a mass shooting at the office if confronted, is absolutely chilling. Columbine hadn't happened yet when the movie was in production. Still, when the movie came out, many viewers connected the tragedy in Colorado with the glorified violence of "Fight Club" and the school shooting affected how the film was received (via CheatSheet ).

Of course, mass shootings weren't exclusive to schools. Audiences in 1999 were familiar with the slang term "going postal" after a rash of shootings carried out by postal workers forced Americans to accept we aren't necessarily safe from violence in places we once thought were safe — places like work, school, or even social gatherings like church or a concert (via Vice ).

This scene in "Fight Club" is as disturbing today as it was back in 1999, because mass shootings have become a plague that is uniquely American. This is yet another example of the troubling ways "Fight Club" predicted an increasingly fractured and hostile culture many of us unfortunately recognize as the country we are currently living in. This is also the reason that despite being a flawed condemnation of violence and toxic masculinity, "Fight Club" is still worth talking about.

1. The Narrator beating Angel Face senseless

There are a lot of visceral, bloody, intense fight scenes in "Fight Club," but the scene where the Narrator beats Jared Leto's Angel Face bloody is the most brutal of all. It is easily the most disturbing scene in the film because of the graphic nature of the fight, but also how deformed Angel Face is later in the film. Still, the worst part is how no one intervenes despite the Narrator breaking the third rule of Fight Club: "Third rule of Fight Club, someone yells stop, goes limp, taps out, the fight is over."

It is also upsetting because the Narrator loses himself in the violence, turning something that was once a perverse but consensual fight into a vicious attack prompted by jealousy. The Narrator reveals how all-consuming his rage is when he says, "I felt like destroying something beautiful. I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every panda that wouldn't screw to save its species. I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all the French beaches I'd never see."

These statements illustrate the negativity members of Fight Club and Project Mayhem must feel to burn their society to the ground. Their spoiled brat, salt-the-earth attitude suggests they will destroy something they can't have, so no one else can have it either. These statements reflect the greediness Project Mayhem sees in consumer culture, but also reveals this greediness may be intrinsic to human nature, and can't be blamed upon capitalism.

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Coffee Store Zak

The Narrator watching an infomercial for a hair product.

The Narrator follows Marla inside a Hindu Clothes store as they negotiate which support groups they should take.

Girl from Ypsilanti

The Narrator watches the introduction video from the hotel suite.

Christian Poulet

The Narrator talks to security at the airport about the suitcase.

Splendid and 4M15

Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds

Tyler masturbates into the clam chowder soup.

The Narrator meets Tyler at the bar and tells him about the gas leak at his condo.

Forbidden To Love

Tyler splices a frame of pornography into a family film.

Goin' Out West

After work, the Narrator and some members head into the basement inside the bar.

No Love, No Nothin'

Marlene Dietrich

Marla calls the Narrator, telling him that she is lonely and has taken a handful of Xanax. Later, Tyler Durden arrives at Marla's apartment.

Theme from "Valley Of The Dolls"

Helena Bonham Carter

Marla sings this song as she leaves Tyler's house.

Easy, Smack It Up

The Odditorium

The narrator arrives at Tyler Durden's house where he finds the Fight Club members partying. (Song is a remix of Styles of Beyond's song, "Easy, Back it Up" by Daddy Kev).

KDFW News Theme

Stephen Arnold

The theme of the news channel that the members are watching on TV. The news channel brings some information about a building being vandalized.

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Universal Production Music

The Narrator tells Marla at the restaurant that her life is in danger and needs to leave the city.

Where Is My Mind? - Remastered

The Narrator and Marla watch the destruction of the city together. The song continues playing throughout the credits.

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All 11 Fight Scenes In Road House 2024, Ranked

• Hard-hitting fight scenes with expert precision make the new 'Road House' a thrilling watch for action lovers.
• Elwood Dalton's ruthless tactics and tragic past add an edge to the chaotic violence in the remake.
• Director Doug Liman makes the fight scenes leap out from the screen.

Just like the original movie starring Patrick Swayze, the new remake of Road House features plenty of brilliant fight scenes. The 1989 version of Road House is the ultimately guilty pleasure movie, packed with scenes of lowlife scum getting summarily beaten down by a stoic bouncer. The remake recaptures this crowd-pleasing feel, but it also features fight scenes which are laced with incredible tension. There are plenty of differences between the two movies, not least Dalton's UFC past in the 2024 version, but the remake is just as chaotically violent.

Jake Gyllenhaal plays Elwood Dalton, a former UFC champion who retired after killing an opponent in the ring. Rather than cobbling together an unsatisfying life scaring underground MMA fighters out of their winnings, Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a rowdy bar in the Florida Keys. Road House has been receiving positive reviews , and its hard-hitting fight scenes are a big reason why. Director Doug Liman previously worked on the action thrillers The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow , and he makes Road House 's fight scenes leap out from the screen.

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Dalton breaking jack's fingers, dalton can incapacitate people with surgical precision.

Dalton often shows signs of his incredible understanding of human anatomy, presumably learned from years as a professional fighter. He knows exactly how to inflict the most damage with the absolute minimum effort, and this is how he turns the table on Jack when he pulls a gun on him. Jack thinks that waving a gun at Dalton will be enough to force him into his car, but Dalton doesn't break a sweat. He tells Jack very calmly that all he needs to do is break his index finger and his middle finger, and he follows through.

Dalton's Throat-Punch Kill

Dalton stops holding back after brandt's men burn down the book store.

One other instance of Dalton using his knowledge of the human body is when he kills Vince with a single punch to the throat. He explains that he's probably broken his hyoid bone and collapsed his trachea, but either result will stop him being able to breathe. It's an uncharacteristically cold-blooded moment from Dalton, and it suggests that mentally he could be back on the path to the dark place that saw him kill one of his opponents in the ring. This moment could be a tribute to the original Road House , in which Dalton rips out a man's throat.

Dell Being Killed By The Crocodile

Dell thinks he has the upper hand on dalton, but he ends up being eaten.

Dell doesn't take his initial loss to Dalton lightly. As soon as he's out of the hospital, he tries to run Dalton down in his car. When that doesn't work, he ambushes Dalton on his boat, aptly named "the Boat," with a shotgun in his hand. Just as Jack finds out, having a gun doesn't necessarily give you the advantage over Dalton in a fight. Dalton quickly disarms Dell and knocks him overboard. He tries to rescue him before a crocodile snaps him up, but he's too late. As everyone in Glass Key knows, "crocs hide their food."

Dalton & Ellie Fighting Brandt On His Boat

The waves level the playing field.

As Brandt tries to escape from his burning yacht, he takes a smaller speedboat with Ellie alongside as a hostage. Dalton commandeers Knox's boat and tracks him down, and he teams up with Ellie to fight Brandt as the boat is tossed around by the ocean. The waves add some extra jeopardy to the fight, but Brandt is no real fighter. If it was a regular fight on flat ground, Dalton probably could have killed him in seconds. He loses control of the boat before too long and gets catapulted into the bar, setting up Road House 's ending .

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Billy breaking up a fight at the road house, dalton's apprentice learns how to take out the trash.

Rather than taking on every rowdy customer who comes to the bar, Dalton decides to train Billy and Reef as bouncers so that they can deal with the everyday troublemakers. They could hardly ask for a better teacher, as shown by how quickly their skills develop. Dalton is surprisingly hands-off in his approach. He tells Billy exactly what to do when a fight breaks out and one man has a concealed knife. Billy takes a big step back and pops him in the nose. Dalton can leave later knowing that the Road House is in safe hands.

Dalton's Career-Ending UFC Fight

Road house's ufc scenes use real-life fighters and pundits.

Director Doug Liman uses POV shots in Dalton's darkest moments, and his fight with Harris is the darkest of all.

Conor McGregor isn't the only UFC fighter in Road House . Jay Hieron plays Jax "Jetway" Harris, Dalton's opponent in his championship bout. Road House drip feeds the story of Dalton's fight throughout the movie. Eventually, it becomes clear why the event haunts Dalton's dreams. Dalton kills Harris in the ring by refusing to stop. Director Doug Liman uses POV shots in Dalton's darkest moments, and his fight with Harris is the darkest of all. The spectacle of the big occasion makes Dalton's trauma even worse. The cameras flash around him as he begins to understand what he has just done.

Post Malone's Bareknuckle Boxing Fight

The rapper is surprisingly convincing in his cameo.

Post Malone is one of the most surprising members of the Road House cast , along with Conor McGregor. He plays Carter, a bareknuckle fighter in the movie's first scene. Fittingly, the movie opens with a punch to the face, as Carter takes down a much larger opponent. The ring announcer claims that Carter has taken down six challengers in a row, but he backs down from fighting Dalton when he recognizes who he is. Road House starts with a bang , immediately signaling its intention to be just as action-packed as the 1989 original.

Knox Destroying The Bar With A Golf Club

Conor mcgregor's introduction shakes things up.

As soon as Conor McGregor is introduced as Knox, strutting boldly down the street in the nude, Road House kicks into another gear.

As soon as Conor McGregor is introduced as Knox, strutting boldly down the street in the nude, Road House kicks into another gear. He throws his weight around with Brandt's crew before strolling into the Road House like he owns it with a golf club in his hands. Knox brings a whirlwind of chaos with him, smashing glasses as he almost dances his way through the bar. He seems to enjoy violence and pain, and he picks fights with bystanders just to cause a nuisance. He even tears through the netting which protects the band.

Knox & Dalton's First Road House Fight

Dalton meets his match at last.

After Dalton decides that Knox's antics have gone too far, he steps in to confront him. Despite the chaos all around them as an all-out bar fight ensues, Knox and Dalton remain utterly focused on one another. Their fight is the first time that Dalton truly seems like he's in danger. Even being stabbed in the abdomen and hit by a train is less threatening than Knox tossing him behind the bar and slamming his fists through glass bottles as if they are made of tissue paper. Dalton walks away from the Road House, seemingly defeated.

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Dalton taking down dell's gang at the road house, dalton finally shows what he's capable of.

Dalton's legend precedes him everywhere he goes , and this builds him up to be a fearsome warrior before he ever even throws a punch. Carter quits his fight as soon as he sees Dalton in the ring, and Billy says he is a big fan as soon as he meets him. Dalton has a lot to live up to, and his first fight scene shows that he's worthy of the hype. He asks Dell if he has medical insurance first, and then he brutally dispatches him and his four friends. Dalton's bone-cracking, head-smashing skills are put on display for all to see, but he never breaks a sweat.

Dalton & Knox's Final Showdown

Road house's final fight is also its best.

Dalton and Knox's second fight is a beautifully choreographed mixture of MMA mastery and sheer power.

Road House saves the very best for last. Knox and Dalton's final fight is just as incredible as the first one, but Dalton no longer reins in his killer instincts. Their fight is a beautifully choreographed mixture of MMA mastery and sheer power. They tumble around the ruins of the bar, grappling on the floor for a while, before both tiring and going blow-for-blow with the power of two heavyweight boxers. When Dalton seems finished, he draws on something extra to fight back and brutally stabs Knox with two broken pieces of wood. Road House 's post-credits scene shows Knox alive, setting up a potential rematch for the pair.