Quickie Review: Se7en

Rating: 8/10 (21 January 2016)

Often cited as the quintessential detective murder mystery movie, Se7en (remember when putting numbers in your titles was cool?) is the movie that put Fincher on the map at a time where he was known as the guy who ruined the Alien franchise.
I must admit, I found the concept of a killer going around basing crimes off of the seven deadly sins to be better than it was actually executed in the film, but that doesn't take away from the fact that this smooth urban thriller remains one of the freakiest of its kind in Hollywood. The cinematography is immensely captivating, drawing you into this depressing and gloomy unnamed town in which our two cops Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman track down the unhinged killer Kevin Spacey. The acting from the main duo is serviceable whilst Spacey is, as he always was in the 90's, exceptional.
You have to give Fincher credit with his ballsy endings, even if it doesn't quite pay off all the way such as in Gone Girl and The Game. In this film, however, you're left thinking about the ending for quite some time, and it eventually dawns on you that, yes, the baddie won in this one. After a gripping climax out in a field in the middle of nowhere, the fiendish John Doe plays out all his cards after a half hour where we wonder just what the guy is up to when he gives himself up unexpectedly.
Best Scene: There's a number of memorable instances (that bloody jump scare with the dude in the bed!) but my favourite part was when Spacey walks straight into the police station and hands himself to the officers.