Less than "Seven" may be more

Rating: 6/10 (29 December 2012)

The author of "Se7en" took me by surprise with this often hyperrealistic, documentary-mosaic-like police procedural which could have been even more impressive, would the ending of Gyllenhaal's storyline have been more in tune with the underlying concept that life is often unpredictable and illogical, and that reality does not always create clear, pointed stories (or, maybe, that the Great story's point lies in its pointlessness ?).
Durrenmatt in his novel "Das Versprechen" (adapted as "The Pledge" by Sean Penn) knew. But Fincher, true to his roots, seems to be unable to resist the "alpha individual's effort has to be crowned with success"-syndrome.
Anyway, "Zodiac" does better than "Se7en", coming as a pleasantly humble sibling-counterpart to the perverted extravaganza of the latter.