So, Zo-brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2011)

To be honest when I came to sit down and watch this film I wasn't expecting too much. I mean, I loved David Fincher's work n all, but I hadn't followed the progress of the film, read what it was about or researched any reviews. So as you may have guessed, I (like some of the police in this film) was pretty clueless as to what to expect.
Boy was I happy to watch a film that delivered above and beyond my limited expectations. The pacing is brilliant, the acting is Oscar worthy (particularly from Mark Ruffalo), and the entire movie is a nail biting experience from start to finish. The first half of the film is good but it's as the cops and journalists carry on with their investigation (years) after the killer has stopped murdering folk that the film really gets going. There are some great scenes in the second half of the movie that add real tension and suspense to the picture. This suspense gradually builds and builds until the final reel when the person we and the police suspect is the killer is almost confirmed to be the killer...and this of course amounts to a very satisfactory finale, for us-the viewer, as up to this final point we have been on the edge of our seats guessing Graysmith's (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Inspector Toschi's (Mark Ruffallo) next move.
Anyway a great movie and one I would have given 5* had the first half been as good as the second.