Well worth a few hours of your time

Rating: Null/10 (3 December 1999)

This film is perhaps one of the most intriguing, thought-provoking movies in a long while. The style by which David Fincher presents this movie is perhaps comparable to the late Alfred Hitchcock, an achievement not easily gained. Morgan Freeman delivers a stellar performance as a police officer on the brink of retirement only to be pulled back into the life he is trying to escape by a psychopathic maniac. Brad Pitt brings to the screen the mentality of a rookie cop dead-set on solving the case that just happened to fall in his lap. Pitt somewhat lacks in experience compared to Freeman and it is evident in the movie, but hats off to his attempt to keep on the same playing field as Freeman. I believe that David Fincher wanted the identity of the murderer to remain concealed, otherwise this person would have been listed in the opening credits and on the movie poster, so I will end on that note. This movie is well worth $20 to own, let alone worth a few hour of your time. A must see.