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Rating: 8/10 (28 May 2020)

There have been a lot of movies that attempt to tell the true stories of notorious serial killers from famous cases like Jack the Ripper, Ed Gein and in this case the Zodiac Killer case which is one of the most famous cases of a serial killer who was never caught and famously avoided capture and even taunted police and the press this movie is a modern day telling of the events that transpired throughout the 60s and early 70s.
This isn't the first Zodiac inspired movie to be made there have been famous movies that took inspiration from the real life events one being the awsome and bad ass movie (Dirty Harry) which is now considered a classic but there have been many other movies and documentaries that tell the Zodiac killer case story and attempt to examine the history of the case and the massive impact it had on people and society at the time it happened.
This movie I feel is probably the best Zodiac movie that could ever and will ever be made and that's not because it's a big Hollywood movie with a big budget and big name actors attached to it or anything like that it's because of two reasons the first being that the director of the movie is David Fincher who is a brilliant movie director and really brings the 60s and 70s to life in this movie from the set designs to even just the colours and patterns used for simple things like carpets, seats and blankets it feels like a step back in time.
The second reason I think this movie is the best Zodiac movie is because of the amount of detail that went into the making of this movie both the storyline being as accurate as possible aswell as taking the real life experiences and stories from the actual survivor's of the Zodiac killer who they interviewed themselves and did their best to recreate the terrible events that took place not just the actions of what happened but also real life discussions that took place during the events even including the way they were sat in their cars or in one case lay down by a lakeside these unique details give the movie a terrifyingly real feel to it.
I watched the Directors Cut special edition of the movie on Blu Ray including the extras that were on the disk which include real life interviews with the police officers, detective's, police dispatchers, that were there the night each murder took place which is very interesting and unique as the murders took place in different cities so there's different officers each time and they managed to get interviews with nearly everyone that was there on the nights of the murders each telling their own very unique feelings and experiences of the events that took place. There are even interviews with the survivors of the Zodiac killer and in one instance a survivor goes with the crew back to where it happened and describes the events that took place and is even quoted as saying that the scene's in the movie of the attack are very accurate to what happened on that day.
The acting from all involved is top quality no amateur performances in this movie and you can see that this was a movie that was taken seriously by all involved.
A funny side note after rewatching this movie recently in 2020 is that the movie stars (Jake Gyllenhaal) who played Mystero in Spiderman Far From Home recently in 2019 also in the movie is (Mark Ruffalo) who plays The Hulk in The Avengers MCU movies and the movie also stars (Robert Downey Jr) who plays Iron Man in the MCU movies this was obviously before the first movie in the MCU Iron Man in 2008 was released but it's funny to think that there's Avengers in this movie.
I highly recommend watching this movie if your a fan of true crime thriller movies and enjoy movies that take their time telling you a interesting and thought provoking story on real life events.