20 Brilliant Mind-F*ck Movies
19. Fight Club
One of the most famous cinematic brain-fiddlers if David Finchers cult classic Fight Club, adapted from Chuck Palahniuks equally unsettling novel of the same name. Its a movie that messes with you to the extent that youre not even sure of Ed Nortons characters name come the time the credits role.
Brad Pitts Tyler Durden is the catalyst for this chaos, and he begins by flashing up in the background for an odd frame here and there before hes formally introduced. The soap-maker's quest is to unravel The Narrators flack-packed, mass-produced IKEA lifestyle, and the capitalist system that enables it.
With Fight Club, you come for the brutal punch-ups, but stay for the intriguing characters and the blurred lines of reality. Where does Tyler end and The Narrator begin? Is any of it real? Perhaps well never know.