No cop out here

Rating: 7/10 (14 March 2004)

You frequently walk out of movies feeling somewhat cheated by the production companies desire to have a feel good conclusion. How many movies are quite entertaining until a knee jerk conclusion spoils the rest of the movie. Se7en doesn't suffer this conclusion and thank god Fincher refused to change the ending of the movie.
Somerset (Freeman) is on his final week of police duty when paired with Mills (Pitt). They are allocated to a case that eventually turns out to be John Doe (Spacey) creating his own masterpiece of seven deadly sins. The characters area all given plenty of space to develop during the movie. The contrast between Mills and Somerset at either ends of their police careers is particularly interesting. 9/10