Fincher's Return to Form.

Rating: 9/10 (20 June 2008)

Zodiac is one of the most detailed and absorbing crime dramas released this decade, and marks a major return to heavyweight film making for it's director after the inconsequential Panic Room. Never before have the minute details of solving a murder case been so thoroughly and thrillingly explored, the film making a detective of it's audience, who are left striving to solve the real life case of the Zodiac Killer with the puzzle pieces the film provides.
On a purely technical level, the film is a masterpiece of art direction, cinematography, acting and writing, with Fincher proving himself to be a master of his craft. An interesting companion to his earlier Se7en, Zodiac lacks some of the visceral intensity of that picture, but makes up for this in its elegance and expert handling of immensely complex streams of information.
Intriguing, chilling and highly recommended.