Great, suspenseful, gruesome thriller - a classic

Rating: 10/10 (12 February 1999)

An accomplished thriller from a great director, David Fincher. Falls into essentially two parts - in part one, veteran detective Morgan Freeman and cocky upstart Brad Pitt team up to catch a serial slayer with a biblical bent.
Part two turns this formulaic thriller premise on its head leading the detectives into a completely stunning, shocking, kick-you-in-the-nuts terrific ending.
Fincher has created a stylish, intentionally ugly look that transcends the pulp narrative. Deeply philsophical and provocative, featuring a very satisfying and memorable finale, with outstanding direction, excellent performances by Freeman, Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow and especially Kevin Spacey, who consolidates his position as Hollywood's preeminent character player by playing the creepiest psycho since John Lithgow in BLOW OUT.