Great Movie

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2008)

Zodiac, made by David Fichner, is a great movie. If you are expecting to watch a thriller, then you will be disappointed however. This is a character story.
It starts out introducing the Zodiac murders and then shifts to a cartoonist (Gyllenhaal) and a detective (Ruffalo). Both becoming involved in solving murders the Zodiac commits, but in different ways, Ruffalo by police methods, Gyllenhaal by his own back door methods, as he is not a cop.
It is a character story because it focuses on these two men and how their lives develop around the case. There are no gunfights and no chase scenes. The only violence is when the murders are committed by the Zodiac.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Ruffalo star in this movie. Brian Cox has a great cameo, and Robert Downey Jr and Anthony Edwards make great contributions with their supporting characters.