A classic crime thriller.

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2003)

A much more disturbing movie than Silence of the Lambs, or anything of its "ilk". This film from start to finish is an unsettling, intriguing, gritty ride through the macarbe world of "se7en". This is a brilliant crime thriller from the director of Fight Club, Fincher, who uses his great use of camera work and dark imagination to bring this film to life.
The killings that are on offer are only shown after they have actually happened, which is an intresting slant on things, unlike many new thrillers where we see someone get brutally muredered, with blood and guts needlessly flying to and fro. This is great stuff from Fincher, yet where he really does himself proud is in a certain shoot out scene with the mysterious killer John Doe, which is filmed brillaintly, with great cinematography. It's brutal, stark and gritty - what Fincher captures best. The acting on offer is superb - Freeman plays it well as the old detective, who is retiring, but stays on for this last case. Freeman is well spoken, and he is playing opposite a great Brad Pitt, who plays Detective Mills, a cocky, full of it new detective, who plays the part with ease, showing us the difference between the two characters, one being old, wise, the other being young, brash. Kevin Spacey, for the time he is in the film, shows great presence as the mysterious weirdo John Doe, who is cooly evil. This is the new meaning of film noir, the new meaning of thriller, horror, crime, what have you - this movie is a classic, brutal, gritty, real, horrific, disturbing - there are too many words. Just see it. Oh and be surprised by the credit scenes, which are EXTREMELY good.
10 outta 10.