Excellent heart-pounding thriller

Rating: 10/10 (12 November 2011)

David Fincher has directed a number of different thrillers but this is by far his best. Zodiac grabs us and never lets go. The suspense is very well-executed and there are no flaws in the storytelling. It never ceases to ask us questions and there are moments where our heart skips a beat. It's long, but it does not feel that way because of its fluid storytelling and a long list of cast members. Everyone is great in it and Gyllenhall is great in his best role to date. It focuses less on the killings themselves and more on the reporters and police. Fincher is not pretending to know all there is to know about the Zodiac killer and that is what makes his storytelling so powerful.