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An insomniac office worker looking for a way to change his life crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker and they form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more...
Director:
David Fincher
Stars:
Edward Norton,
Brad Pitt,
Helena Bonham Carter
As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - the straight-laced, the brutal, and the sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
A film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" sermonizes to Detectives Sommerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured but jaded Sommerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's modus operandi while the bright but green and impulsive Detective Mills scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer... Written by
Mark Fleetwood <mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu>
The autopsy of the first killing, as originally scripted, was incorrect according to the research of makeup man Rob Bottin (who viewed a real human autopsy as part of his prep work). The scene was truncated from the original script and shows only the sewn-up corpse of Gluttony, not the actual autopsy. See more »
Goofs
Mills gets out of a bed with only a quilted mattress cover. He puts on his shirt and tie and walks back to the bed which now has a sheet on it. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Detective Taylor:
Neighbors heard them screaming at each other, like for two hours, and it was nothing new. Then they heard the gun go off, both barrels. Crime of passion.
William Somerset:
Yeah, just look at all the passion on that wall.
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Crazy Credits
SPOILER: Kevin Spacey's name is not included in the opening titles to keep the John Doe intrigue going. To compensate, he is listed twice in the closing credits: once before the credits start rolling and once in the rolling credits in order of appearance. See more »
Rarely there has been a movie with such a good dark and chilling
atmosphere. I even see this movie more as an horror movie than as a
thriller because of that.
"Se7en" is unique in many ways. The movies mood is already set right
from the beginning on. The movie starts dark, intense, chilling and
mysterious, a mood that is present throughout the entire movie. It's
very depressing to watch and I mean that in a positive way of the
meaning of the word. The mood is set by good camera work and lighting,
or better said, the lack of it. The music from acclaimed composer
Howard Shore also adds to the chilling atmosphere.
Unlike many other movies from the same genre, the movie is slow paced
and takes it time to develop the characters without falling into some
obvious cliché's. The two main characters played by Morgan Freeman and
Brad Pitt are presented as an unlikely police-couple that are different
in many ways from each other but in a way that is also what makes them
such a great couple. Brad Pitt for once has the opportunity to play
more than just the pretty boy and he does it with success. Kevin Spacey
truly plays a bone chilling character, almost just as legendary and
chilling as Hannibal Lecter. I would very much like to see the two of
them put in the same room, just to see who would make it out alive.
Further more it was great to see R. Lee Emrey again as the police
captain.
The movie is filled with some truly gross, sickening and horrifying
scene's, this seriously ain't no kids stuff! The movie has some of the
most sickening murders I have ever seen featured in a movie. But it
aren't just only the gross scene's that are good, there are also some
scene's that are made with lot's of beauty and profession such as the
library scene.
Dark and chilling movie that you will never forget also thanks to the
ending which I will not spoil for you. A real must see.
10/10
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Rarely there has been a movie with such a good dark and chilling atmosphere. I even see this movie more as an horror movie than as a thriller because of that. "Se7en" is unique in many ways. The movies mood is already set right from the beginning on. The movie starts dark, intense, chilling and mysterious, a mood that is present throughout the entire movie. It's very depressing to watch and I mean that in a positive way of the meaning of the word. The mood is set by good camera work and lighting, or better said, the lack of it. The music from acclaimed composer Howard Shore also adds to the chilling atmosphere. Unlike many other movies from the same genre, the movie is slow paced and takes it time to develop the characters without falling into some obvious cliché's. The two main characters played by Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt are presented as an unlikely police-couple that are different in many ways from each other but in a way that is also what makes them such a great couple. Brad Pitt for once has the opportunity to play more than just the pretty boy and he does it with success. Kevin Spacey truly plays a bone chilling character, almost just as legendary and chilling as Hannibal Lecter. I would very much like to see the two of them put in the same room, just to see who would make it out alive. Further more it was great to see R. Lee Emrey again as the police captain. The movie is filled with some truly gross, sickening and horrifying scene's, this seriously ain't no kids stuff! The movie has some of the most sickening murders I have ever seen featured in a movie. But it aren't just only the gross scene's that are good, there are also some scene's that are made with lot's of beauty and profession such as the library scene. Dark and chilling movie that you will never forget also thanks to the ending which I will not spoil for you. A real must see. 10/10