Warm Up to the Far Superior "Zodiac"

Rating: 6/10 (12 May 2009)

Director David Fincher gets points for atmosphere, even if that atmosphere is mostly unpleasant. This movie is gloomy, even for a serial killer flick.
Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman are detectives on the trail of a killer who uses the seven deadly sins as the theme for his murders. I might have liked this movie more if it wasn't in love with its own grunge aesthetic -- as it is, it's the kind of film to give fanboys wet dreams, but leaves others wondering what the fuss is about. David Fincher would revisit the serial killer genre again with about 1,000 times more success 13 years later with "Zodiac."
Also starring Gwyneth Paltrow in an early role, and Kevin Spacey, intolerably snarky as usual as the killer.
Grade: B-