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Se7en

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Summary

Crime thriller starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. Veteran detective William Somerset and his new partner, rookie David Mills, discover alarming evidence that links two gruesome murders - a serial killer is working his way through the seven deadly sins and there are five more brutal killings to come.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Director David Fincher's brilliant postmodern crime thriller is a grim and disturbing tale about a vicious serial killer on the loose in an unnamed city. Intelligently scripted by Andrew Kevin Walker, Se7en is a work of extraordinary style, upsetting power and narrative daring. It also boasts fine performances from Morgan Freeman as the disillusioned detective, Somerset, who's on the brink of retirement, and Brad Pitt as his enthusiastic replacement, Mills, while Gwyneth Paltrow makes a brief though significant appearance as Mills's uneasy wife. With only seven days left on the job, Somerset finds himself irresistibly drawn to a puzzling case where a psychopath murders his victims in a gruesome manner to atone for the sins he deems them to have committed. After killing an overweight man by force-feeding him to death in the name of gluttony and bleeding to death a lawyer for greed, the anonymous killer is now turning his attention to the five remaining deadly sins - sloth, lust, pride, envy and wrath. Purposely draining his landscapes of colour, and setting all the tense action against rain-washed streets and underlit interiors, Fincher evokes an atmosphere of nightmare proportions as he unfolds a compelling tale of urban horror. Although very little of each murder is shown, the director expertly allows suggestion to lead the appalled viewer towards the truly shattering climax. Freeman infuses the bleak scenario with dignity and a quiet credibility, while Pitt uses his meaty role as the raw young cop trying to make sense of the nightmare to stride into the company of the Hollywood giants.

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rolenameDetective David MillsBrad PittLieutenant William SomersetMorgan FreemanTracy MillsGwyneth PaltrowTalbotRichard RoundtreeCaliforniaJohn C McGinleyPolice captainR Lee ErmeyJohn DoeKevin SpaceyDetective TaylorDaniel ZacapaOfficer DavisJohn CassiniDr O'NeillPeter CrombieFBI manMark Boone JuniorMan in massage parlour boothMichael MasseeCrazed man in massage parlourLeland Orser

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rolenameDirectorDavid Fincher

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Theatrical distributor

Entertainment Film Dists Ltd

Released on

1996-01-05

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence and swearing.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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