Solid

Rating: 6/10 (18 October 2007)

I really liked this movie - sort of.
It is a two and a half hour long story about the serial killer who named himself 'Zodiac' and a bunch of people who investigated on him. Now two and a half hours sounds longer than they felt. Although the movie isn't really fast paced, I couldn't make out any particular lengthy parts.
But it's fleeting by. There are about three dozen leaps in the time setting, every other scene starts with "x days/weeks/years later". And with no time spend at any date, there is no time to really flesh out the characters. Of which there are a lot. Probably too many. Only one got any kind of tangible background, but it's still not enough to make him credible.
Lots of characters on the other hand give lots of fine actors a chance to show their skills. The cast is brilliant. Fine, seasoned actors, most of whom you'll likely have seen before.
I liked the pace of the movie, despite the "fleetiness" it's told without haste and very dry, none of the flashy visual gimmicks you'd come to expect from David Fincher.
What really precludes a higher rating than 6/10 is the absence of either a climax or a satisfying conclusion.