Fight Club is a 1999 American film directed by David Fincher that presents social commentary about consumerist culture, especially the feminization of American culture. The film is often misunderstood, and its message has been misinterpreted over the years. The film is not about glorifying violence, but rather a critique of the modern world that had commoditized everything to the point where toxic masculinity becomes its own brand. The film is hostile to sentimental slumming and expresses "radical" slumming notions through lines like, "Only when youve lost everything are you free to do anything". The film is "dangerously seductive" because of how it offers through Project Mayhem "a possible vision of a collective response...however disturbing such a response might be". The vision, in the form of "regressive, vicious, and obscene" politics, is presented as the only possible alternative to defeat contemporary capitalism. The film focuses on masculinity and centers on a "hip, stylishly violent" narrative. The film tells us very little, and the fight clubs violence is complicit with the system of commodification that it denounces because it ties into instant gratification, heightened competitiveness, and "the market-driven desire" to dominate and win in fights.

Fight Club doesn’t offer answers to the struggles of the world, but a critique. It’s not a celebration of directionless men, but rather a commentary on how the modern world has commoditized everything to the point where toxic masculinity becomes its own brand. The film is about the current generation of humankind, specifically males, and how were being driven into complacency and just how wrong that is. The films message is that we should not depend on others to feel happy, and we should not resort to violence to deal with our emotions. Instead, we should find healthy ways of expressing our emotions and build towards a happy and well-adjusted life.