Fincher scores again

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2007)

Zodiac focuses on the self named Zodiac serial killings of the 60s and 70s from a different angle than most psycho killer movies that is to say most of the movie is about the investigation and not the actual murders . I found this idea very refreshing and and not nearly as boring as it sounds you do get to see a couple of the murders taking place and I found those scenes very brutal and very real. During the movie a handful of suspects are thrown up and then eliminated from the police investigation for one reason or another and when the case against there main suspect is thrown out the cops are baffled . Enter Jake Gyllenhaal as a cartoonist obsessed about the identity of the Zodiac he takes up the investigation and it takes over his life ending with a suspect that both he and the police think committed the murders .Totaly different in style from Finchers Seven Gyllenhaal is superb and is involved in some great suspense scenes . All the main leads in this movie are on top form especially Robert Downey Jnr who excels in his character .Zodiac is easily the best movie i have seen this year and definitely 10/10