China’s film censorship system states that in movies, criminals must always be punished for their crimes. But the altering of the end of “Fight Club” prompted huge backlash.
Tencent Video, a Chinese streaming platform, has restored the original ending to the film Fight Club following widespread backlash on social media. The streaming service had edited the 1999 hit film ending to tell viewers police had “rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals.” The hit David Fincher-directed film’s ending famously shows the beginning of the protagonist’s crusade against a consumerist society beginning, with several city skyscrapers falling to the ground. Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter star in the film and it ends with the narrator (Norton) killing off his imaginary alter ego, Tyler Durden (Pitt), and then watching as the buildings explode alongside Bonham Carter’s character, Marla Singer. The film also follows a criminal gang who create havoc in society in their quest to end capitalism and destroy credit card records.
