A Dramatization of the Zodiac Killer Case

Rating: 7/10 (27 April 2015)

"Zodiac" is a fact-based film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Robert Graysmith, a cartoonist for a San Francisco newspaper during the Zodiac killings of the seventies. The story is about Graysmith's obsession over many years with the unsolved case.
Also central to the story are Robert Downey, Jr. as Paul Avery, a colleague who handles the crime beat while fighting his own destructive personality, and Mark Ruffalo as David Toschi, an inspector for the SFPD who tries to solve the case.
This is a lengthy film, but it serves to match the protracted time that Graysmith dedicates to his investigation.
The film is an interesting, chronological telling of the story, including the somewhat chimerical crime spree and the city-wide panic it inspired. The acting is good, and the main reason this film is enjoyable.