"Zodiac" kicks ass-trology!

Rating: Null/10 (22 July 2016)

Zodiac is a real Gem-ini of a movie. Pisces of it reminded me of the great 70s crime thrillers. I wasn't keeping Scor-pio, but I caught several references to 70s classics like "Bullitt", "Starsky & Hutch", "Scooby-Doo" and a Slinkee commercial.
This is not a horror(-scope) flick. "Zodiac" doesn't have much gore, so you might want to Libra your expectations at home. True, this movie has some suspenseful moments, but not really any big scares that'll make you jump and spill your hot-buttered Capricorn. In that respect, the mood reminded me of Oliver Stone's slow paced thriller "Talk Radio", or the conspiracy mystery "The China Syndrome". There isn't a lot of action, but rather, the appeal of the film is the way we feel almost suffocated by a thick Aries of suspense.
I guess you could say it's an Aquard-ius taste. Director David Fincher's is noTaurius for hitting us with disturbing, grisly material like in his 1995 masterpiece "Se7en". While not quite as ghastly as that, "Zodiac" is still a nice throwback to Fincher's earLeo works.
So my only warning is: don't expect a heart pounding screamer like "Se7en". But if you were to ask me, "Can I still enjoy this movie, sir?" then my response would be, "You most certainly Can,cer!"