Are you tired of your boring, dead end job? Are you frustrated, do you suffer from a severe case of insomnia? Are you sick of being beaten down by that funny thing called life? Welcome to the world of Jack (played by two time Oscar nominee Edward Norton). While trying to get his life situated, the hum drum and reserved Jack meets the grungy, hyper-kinetic Tyler Durden (played to the energetic hilt by Oscar nominee Brad Pitt). Before long, Tyler helps Jack and many others figure out how to cope and fight back through the Fight Club, a group in which members pummel one another until only one is standing.

To call Fight Club (based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk) a breathtaking, visceral kick would be an understatement. Director David Fincher (Alien 3, Seven, The Game) has fused so many genres in a unique provocative way and shows so much passion and innovation in his directing style, that Fight Club seems to be a whole new breed of film. Fincher even shows some traits that fuel the work of the legendary Stanley Kubrick.

Fight Club has already been attacked for unnecessary brutality and for being a film that only appears to have something to say. These people have obviously missed the point. I don't think Fincher has an interest in making a profound statement about life in his movies. He just wants to make films that are interesting and keep the audience on their toes. He's done both here. It should also be noted that this film is satire (think Natural Born Killers) and shouldn't be taken so seriously. As far as the fighting in the film, it's more about taking a hit than giving one. These are men who've found a way to let go of their fear and move on with their lives, only they've gone to extreme, radical measures to do so.

Fincher has rounded up an extremely talented cast. Pitt has beefed up and gives a lively performance reminiscent of his part in 12 Monkeys. Norton plays it subtle, and chose to show off more of a normal physique (unlike his shape in American History X), but it works because he's playing the everyman. Also good are Helena Bonham Carter as a drug addicted love interest, and singer Meatloaf as a sensitive cancer victim with abnormally large breasts (no I'm not kidding).

Above all, Fincher has created a very funny movie about addiction, love, passion, and the power of the all consuming machine known as big business, and he's done so with uncompromising skill. With the millennium approaching, it weaves it's tale around the evil that is known as the big corporation. The funny thing is, the movie becomes what it's members loathe most.

Fight Club, at it's core, isn't only brilliant satire, but a bizarre, poignant love story as well. It's also a film with a twist that rivals even the biggest mystery in The Sixth Sense. With all the curve balls life throws us, this film, in it's own audacious, exhilarating way, shows that it's nothing worth beating yourself up over.