The Chinese release version of the movie 'Fight Club' has been rewritten to the ending 'Police wins'



When the 1999 suspense film 'Fight Club ', which depicts an episode about a young man suffering from insomnia and a mysterious man, was released on a Chinese video distribution service, the last scene was cut entirely and 'the government won'. It became clear that the message to the effect was changed to something that flows.

Below, the article mentions the ending of 'Fight Club'.

China gives'Fight Club' new ending where authorities win
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2253199/china-gives-fight-club-new-ending-where-authorities-win

Cult Classic'Fight Club' Gets a Very Different Ending in China
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7wgea/fight-club-alternate-ending-china-censorship

At the end of the movie 'Fight Club', the hero who succeeded in escaping from the mysterious man Tyler watches how Tyler's plan to blow up the skyscrapers, which is a symbol of capitalism, is carried out. It ends with a scene.

However, in the ending of the version released on the Chinese video distribution service ' Tencent Video ', the scene of the bombing of the building was cut, and instead, 'the police who saw the whole picture of the plan based on the clues obtained from Tyler' He arrested the criminal and succeeded in preventing the bombing. Tyler was sent to a mental hospital and discharged in 2012. '




Viewers who knew the original version, such as the pirated version, responded to the story, which had a completely opposite ending, saying, 'It's a ridiculous ending,' and 'It's meaningless to watch this movie without the last scene.' In the case of Ocean's 11 and the Godfather , it will be the ending where everyone will be arrested, 'said Weibo, a Chinese SNS.

Overseas media Vice wrote, 'According to the circumstances, the ending was edited by the copyright holder of the movie and distributed after being approved by the government.' Distributors 20th Century Studios and Tencent did not mention this issue.


by Chris Yunker

Movies released and distributed in China are often edited to clear censorship, and when the 2019 movie Bohemian Rhapsody was released in China, Freddie Mercury was straight to his fiancée. The scene where he confesses that he is not a lover, the scene where Freddie's lover Jim Hutton appears, and the scene where members dress up as women at a celebration party have been deleted.

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