One of Spacey's Most Captivating Performances

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2019)

There's a bleak murkiness that shrouds each scene of this grim tale in an atmosphere of mystery and dark intrigue, from the nigh unimaginable brutality of its murders to the disturbing layers of the pshyches of its characters. Thematically it plays to the tormented morality of Spacey's John Doe, exploring the immortality of infamy within the morbid echo-chamber of his mind without the need for the typically misplaced sense of self-righteousness usually found in villains of his calibur.