My Opinion on David Fincher's Masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (15 April 2003)

Contains Spoiler Se7en is David Fincher's Masterpiece. The first time I saw this movie I agreed totally with the blurb on the video cover. "The most relentlessly chilling thriller you will ever see". I can not think of any actor in any movie that has had such an impact on the overall appearance of the film the way Kevin Spacey did in "Se7en". He portrayed his character John Doe perfectly, as did Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. The way Spacey sat in the back seat of the car, perfectly still, talking in a most calm matter, referring to the people he killed as worthless and unworthy of life was a scene that is unlike any scene in any other movie. Even Sir Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter could not of outshone Spacey in Se7en. Spacey represented true evil, a killer that lurks and strikes with stunning precision and timing. The detail Fincher went into in the appearance of John Doe's victims also plays a big part in the overall "shock" of the movie. This is the film that made critics sit up and take notice of David Fincher, Fincher follows up on his Masterpiece in 1999 with "Fight Club" - also starring Brad Pitt (in perhaps the role of his career). I will close by saying this, if you haven't seen Se7en - see it. No other film will have the effect on you that Se7en will.