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Editorial Review:
The most viscerally frightening and disturbing homicidal maniac picture since The Silence of the Lambs, Seven is based on an idea that's both gruesome and ingenious. A serial killer forces each of his victims to die by acting out one of the seven deadly sins. The murder scene is then artfully arranged into a grotesque tableau, a graphic illustration of each mortal vice. From the jittery opening credits to the horrifying (and seemingly inescapable) concluding twist, director David Fincher immerses us in a murky urban twilight where everything seems to be rotting, rusting, or molding; the air is cold and heavy with dread. Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt are the detectives who skillfully track down the killer--all the while unaware that he has been closing in on them, as well. Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey are also featured, but it is director Fincher and the ominous, overwhelmingly oppressive atmosphere of doom that he creates that are the real stars of the film. It's a terrific date movie--for vampires. --Jim Emerson

Se7en [Region 2] Reviews:
Morality Play Murder for Thinkers
2009-11-29 - Of late, movies such as National Treasure, The DaVinci Code, and Angels & Demons intrigue with their clue-solving protagonists, their chases, and visuals. Se7en is a thinker's "chase the clues." Its smart script brings the Seven Deadly Sins to murderous life in a type of Danse Macabre orchestrated by John Doe. The testosterone-driven and intellectually dull Detective David Mills could be said to illustrate Everyman. Despite Detective Lt. William Somerset's brilliance and assiduous research, John Doe "solves" the crime for the detectives with the message: the consequence of sin is death, physical and psychological.

Review: Se7en (1995)
2009-10-22 - Director: David Fincher
Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey

This film is a great example of how every aspect of film making can come together to create a stellar drama in a brilliant and visceral world. David Fincher directs a stellar cast in this modern crime classic.

Big city detectives Mills (Pitt) and Somerset (Freeman) find themselves investigating a serial killer who chooses his victims based on the seven deadly sins.

I think this is David Fincher's best film. While the acting comes up just short of perfection (with the obvious exception of Spacey, who is brilliant in what little screen time he has), the story and visual feel of this movie will keep you ensnared the entire time. I especially enjoyed the non-traditional aspects of the character development. Many of the characters could easily have devolved into predictable stereotypes, good cop/bad cop, crazy killer, etc. However, so many scenes and characters evolved differently than you would expect, but still very logical. It's as if to say "we know how you would expect this to go, but here is an alternative. Didn't expect that, did you?" The unpredictability of the story is the hook that won't let you go.

Between scenes of brutal and often horrifying killings and witty dialogue, the world of Se7en had me from start to finish. And speaking of finishes (and without giving anything away), the ending hit me in the gut with a sledgehammer. I never saw it coming. I would rank the final scene of Se7en right up there with the best of them. It's as shocking as it is brilliant.

Final Score: 10/10

Great movie!!!
2009-10-21 - One of Brad Pitt's best, and of course the ever talented Morgan Freeman. I definitely reccomed it to any one who enjoys crime drama's or Fight Club.

Maybe even 4.5
2009-10-13 - Right to the point, a wholly original film on all levels, and one of Pitt's best. The only thing out place for me is the finale. As the storyline goes, each person guilty of his/her deadly sin was killed for commiting said sin. Exception being Brad Pitt's character guilty of Wrath and yet not killed for his sin. Obviously, I still love this movie and this exception did not ruin it for me. If anyone out there has any feedback or even a different interpretation, I'd be glad to hear it.

The second best psychological thriller ever made.
2009-09-22 - I first seen this movie with one of my aunts, and this is probably the second best maniac thriller ever made. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman give great performances as two police detectives tracking down a psycho killer who bases his murders on the seven deadly sins. Kevin Spacey's performance as the killer may be a small role, but is still one of his best performances of his career. The ending is probably one of the best endings ever made in movie history, a great twisted ending.