Se7en Ate Nine, So This Gets a Ten

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 2015)

In one of the most excellent thrillers ever created, Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt can be seen. Morgan Freeman plays an old wizened detective on his last week of duty before retirement. Alongside him comes Brad Pitt, as a young detective new to the precinct, eager to take his place. That's when the murders start to appear, starting with a fat man dead face first in a plate of spaghetti. From there, the bodies start to appear, with the theme of the Bible's Seven Deadly Sins. Each body is killed by their sin, and the detectives have to race to find this John Doe as he continues to tease them. This movie takes you on a ride, and gives plenty of clues along the way, but you never seem to know more than the protagonists do. The characters are written well, they develop over the story, and no one ends where they started. Kevin Spacey as John Doe was a brilliant casting choice, as he played the character with such conviction that any viewer would believe the actor actually believed in what his character did throughout the film. The team of Brad Pitt's young gun and Morgan Freeman's wise old man played excellently off of each other as well. A finely told narrative, this thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next. This is a must see.
10/10