Paradise Lost

Rating: 8/10 (28 September 2009)

Two detectives, retiring veteran Morgan Freeman (as William Somerset) and hotshot rookie Brad Pitt (as David Mills), team up to trail a serial killer chalking up victims as an homage to the "Seven Deadly Sins" - "Gluttony", "Greed", "Sloth", "Lust", "Pride", "Envy", and "Wrath". Don't read anything more about this film; I didn't, and still had it figured out during the final road trip. That it's fairly predictable, and presents two "stock" characters, doesn't mean "Seven" ("SE7EN" if you use all caps) is a bad trip.
In fact, it's an excellent film, with a stylish look created by director David Fincher and cinematographer Darius Khondji, from writer Andrew Kevin Walker's intriguing story. Strangely, only film editor Richard Francis-Bruce was nominated for an "Academy Award". And, there were no acting "Oscars". Hopefully, Mr. Freeman just missed getting nominated for "Best Actor"; he certainly deserved to be, for his sharply focused take on the character type also happens to precisely reflect the mood of the piece.
******** Seven (9/22/95) David Fincher ~ Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow