Great Psychological thriller

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2016)

Intensity of psychological attack is much higher then that of a physical attack.
This is what the whole movie is about. It is the story of a guy who is manipulated into insanity. Insanity is not only a psychological condition, it might be created out of circumstances or by the society.
This movie explores through the life of two people, one who is a murderer and thinks his destiny is to taken on the seven sinners and the other one is the guy who tries to catch the murderer and loses his sanity in doing so, again not psychologically but socially. It is his grief or strong emotions which direct him into doing this. On the other hand is his senior who is skeptical of his emotions, according to me he was frightened of the fact that when those emotions might takeover. It's his life's experience which have taught him to be aware of his feelings.
The movie is a mind game between two people trying to win over each other, the protagonist hardly knows of what is to come.
The director, David FIncher has done commendable work. The fact that every human is just one deed away from losing his/her sanity is presented perfectly. The movie is one of the best psychological thrillers of all times. The screenplay is great except for the shaky camera, I have cut one mark for that. There was not much scope for cinematography, though the creepy environment required for the movie is presented well. I guess Morgan Freeman keeps on getting with each of his movies. Yet again he has done some phenomenal acting as Detective Somerset. Well people accept the fact that Brad Pitt is not only famous for his good looks but his acting is great too. Pitt has done one of his best roles as Detective Mills. Gwyneth Paltrow's character was given some useless scenes (What was the point of whole pregnancy thing). The surprise package here is the amazingly acted villain John Doe. Kevin Spacey has has done the best work of his life in this movie. His acting takes the movie to another level.
The music is great, acting is great, The plot is perfect. But there is one negative point which takes down the whole analogy of the genre its "the movie is pretty much guessable" Thats why i have cut 1 the other mark in the movie.
This movie is a must watch. It explains the fact that "Actions define a person's sanity or insanity" perfectly.