In the unauthorised version shown on Tencent Video, Durden is still shot and killed, but the final scene of the buildings exploding is replaced with a black screen and words that say the police discovered the plan, stopped it, and sent the Narrator to an asylum.

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    1 day ago

    So, to clarify… ONE Chinese company recently edited the ending, which the author (edit: author of the book) himself said more closely matches the book…

    Sketchy but also not “China censors film!” Considering they basically showed all of it and slapped a title at the end to make it more like the book

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      20 hours ago

      Sorta ya sorta naw?

      The explosion never happened in the book. Narrator was taken to an assisted care facility/minamal security facility that specialized in treatment and supposedly this was after ‘tylor’ died.

      One of the orderlies handing him his pills leans in ‘we’re waiting for you taylor.’ pointing at the idea that no… project mayhem is not dead.’

      So while TECHNICALLY closer? The tone is absolutely nothing like the original ending.

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        The author of the article said this? I am summarizing YOUR article lol. The movie didn’t come out in 2022, so your post title is misleading