Modern film noir, Freeman and Pitt are good as detectives.

Rating: Null/10 (22 February 2006)

Don't worry, there are no spoilers until after the clear warning near the end of my comments.
Brad Pitt is a new Detective in town, David Mills, sure of himself and fiery. A crime scene is found and he is paired with a veteran about to retire, Morgan Freeman as Detective William Somerset. The crime is a very overweight man sitting at a table, feet and hands tied, apparently forced to eat until he burst. Gluttony. One of the 7 deadly sins that seem to motivate the mysterious killer. As soon as they figure that out, the hunt takes on a new dimension.
Gwyneth Paltrow plays Tracy Mills, young wife of David, and not sure she wants to be in the big city. Things begin unpleasantly for them after they move into their new apartment and find that several passing trains a day rattle everything in the place, and causes their old-fashioned vinyl records to skip.
Much of the interest of the movie are the two characters played by Freeman and Pitt, the seasoned man of reason and the young volatile and impatient one. There are gruesome scenes and not a movie for the faint of heart. Or the squeamish.
MAJOR SPOILERS FOLLOW. The so-called John Doe (excellent Kevin Spacey role) is smart and drops hints, enough that they eventually track him down and almost capture him at his apartment building. Things inside confirm they have the right man. But before they catch him, and with 5 sin crimes committed, he surprises everyone by turning himself in. But he will show them the last bodies only if Mills and Somerset take him to a certain location. Once there, at a very isolated place, a delivery truck drives up, a box for Mills, it is his wife's head, and the John Doe killer expects to be the 7th victim himself, as Mills gets so enraged that he shoots him. He does, mission accomplished.