Brilliant take on a worn out concept

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2007)

This movie is easily one of my all time favorites. The movie revolves around two detectives who are trying to solve a series of murders. The murders all, some way or another, revolve around the seven deadly sins. In summarizing the plot I am reminded of countless B-movie slasher movies i have seen. The Killers in those movie always choose their victims based on some sort of imperfection (Sluts, Rick Kids, Jerks, etc.), as does the killer in this movie. But this is where this movie becomes great and what sets it apart from other horror movies. The way the killer eliminates his victims is both clever and haunting, and the directer shows very little violence on screen. He leaves the viewer with blurry and far away pictures depicting what happened at the scene of the crime, leaving the viewer to conjure up their own gory images. This is an especially effective technique in this day and age, where people are often desensitized to violence and can no longer be shocked by what they see on screen. This movie is truly a modern masterpiece,with one of the best, most shocking and disturbing endings i have ever seen.