Original Fight Club ending restored in China after backlash
by Helen Davidson in Taipei from World news | The Guardian on (#5VW0J)
Dystopian' reversal of 1999 cult film's ending showed police winning out
The Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video has restored the original ending to the film Fight Club after it amended the Chinese edition to tell viewers police had rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals", prompting a widespread backlash.
The wholesale reversal of the anti-capitalist, anarchist denouement to the 1999 hit film, which stars Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter, made international headlines last month.
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