Fight Club (1999)
The Film: Insomniac schizophrenic with women troubles starts an underground boxing club to work out his homoerotic angst.
Why it works as a stand-alone feature: As an allegory for the loss of masculinity in a capitalist nightmare where the individual is outlawed, Fight Club defined a decade and redefined a gender.
Where the franchise could have gone: Following the other clubs set up by the nefarious Tyler Durden, the franchise has only as many possiblities as there are cities in the world.
Fight Club: Burma – Tony Jaa stars as a prisoner of war taking part in an organised fight club, where guards and prisoners compete along side each other as a way of surviving the country’s brutal dictatorship.
Fight Club: Rome – Modern day Gladiatorial contest takes place in the ruins of the Colliseum after midnight.
Fight Club: Manchester – Yoofs in tracksuits with Ian Brown haircuts fight in underground raves while pilled up on E. Headbutting features heavily.
Fight Club: Calcutta – Ghandi-inspired males sit cross-legged in robes and debate philosophy for two hours.
Next: Casablanca
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Jkaltz11
Oct 29th 2009, 7:39
What about The Usual Suspects?! It would have gone downhill but so would all of the others :L
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hulkwarriors
Nov 2nd 2009, 11:40
What a rubbish list. Seriously who writes this stuff. I would have rather had an actual interesting list of possible sequals than this childish article. Pah.
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