This movie crept under my skin and stayed there... May look like a simple who dunnit story, but this David Fincher classic is truly riveting!

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2018)

Zodiac is a movie based on a true seventies story about the hunt for a serial killer. The true grit of this movie comes from the portraits of normal everyday people who are just losing it, bit by bit, while searching for clues who this mysterious serial killer could be.
The suspense isnt found in violence being comitted but in violence being left in the shadows.It is always spookier when you dont know who is attacking you as is the case in this riveting movie that is based on a true story, depicted in several books by author Robert Graysmith.
Director David Fincher (Seven) made a movie that creeps under my skin, but does so very slowly, clocking 2 and a half hours, without getting boring for a second. On the contrary, this movie keeps getting more and more intense towards the end.
Besides the suspense there are simultaneously lots of really funny scenes in which the characters of Jake Gylenhaal and Robert Downey Jr, easily win you over with their unfortunate sink or swim charm. Well over 2 and a half hours long, this movie feels like it could have been even longer with still masses of suspense around each new plot turn.
This movie gives me goosebumps writing about it, because it is performed, photographed, scored, and directed with such excellence that it can be watched over and over again and the suspense (and the jokes) are still as powerful as they were the first time around. Endnote for fans of music: the subtle and gorgeous soundtrack enhances this feeling of being lost in a supenseful maze with no end. Highly recommended for every fan of detectives, because they dont get any better than this...