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Genre: Suspense
Rating: R
Release Date: 27-SEP-2005
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3076 in DVD
• Brand: PITT,BRAD
• Released on: 2004-02-03
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 127 minutes

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The most viscerally frightening and disturbing homicidal maniac picture since The Silence of the Lambs, Seven is based on an idea that's both gruesome and ingenious. A serial killer forces each of his victims to die by acting out one of the seven deadly sins. The murder scene is then artfully arranged into a grotesque tableau, a graphic illustration of each mortal vice. From the jittery opening credits to the horrifying (and seemingly inescapable) concluding twist, director David Fincher immerses us in a murky urban twilight where everything seems to be rotting, rusting, or molding; the air is cold and heavy with dread. Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt are the detectives who skillfully track down the killer--all the while unaware that he has been closing in on them, as well. Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey are also featured, but it is director Fincher and the ominous, overwhelmingly oppressive atmosphere of doom that he creates that are the real stars of the film. It's a terrific date movie--for vampires. --Jim Emerson

From The New Yorker
The murders in David Fincher's serial-killer mystery are grisly tableaux, each artfully arranged to illustrate one of the seven deadly sins: a fat man is force-fed until his stomach bursts, a lazy man is strapped to his bed and allowed to waste away, and so on. This kind of self-conscious literary conceit can work if it's handled with a light, parodic touch. Unfortunately, the movie's clammy design, glum cinematography, and lugubrious pace try to persuade us that what we're watching isn't an ingenious, silly piece of pulp but a serious meditation on the nature of evil. The police detectives-weary old Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and brash young Mills (Brad Pitt)-search for clues by flashlight, at crime scenes where, typically, the only other source of light is a lamp with a twenty-five-watt bulb. And when the action moves outdoors it's always raining-sheets of water on the windshield keep the morose cops sealed off from the rest of the world even while they drive on busy streets. Freeman, with his immense dignity and authority, manages to keep his head above water, but Pitt goes under. Fincher, whose background is in commercials and music videos, doesn't seem to understand that narrative filmmaking requires something more than a striking look; a style that's effective for three minutes can become awfully tiresome stretched over a hundred and twenty-eight. The movie seems to last an eternity, and that's with only seven sins to account for-just be thankful that the murders aren't patterned on the Ninety-five Theses of Martin Luther. Also with Gwyneth Paltrow. -Terrence Rafferty
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

Like "Saw", but it doesn't suck
Se7en is a film about 2 detectives trying to solve a murder case where the killer is executing people who he thinks have committed the 7 deadly sins. This thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat and has the best ending/climax that I have ever seen. This film will also act as a moral compass and make you think about your own beliefs about life, death, and sin. highly reccamended.

"tithe a yellow ribbon round his new humvee"
sorry , i was saving that one for a review of JOEL's newest book , but i decided since i read all those reader's digest mags while doing laundry and waiting on doctors i could nil afford , i'd skip that volume . in summation , MORGAN FREEMON was born to play detective sommerset . FINCHER is a great filmaker ("ZODIAC" , "THE GAME" , "PANIC ROOM" , "ALIEN 3") . PITT turns in one of his better performances and SPACEY delivers like a half-hour-pizza-team-member . buy it already . OSTEEN's next book ? perhaps "MEETING YOUR (MONEY) MAKER" ?

Fear times 7
One of the most fearful movies I have ever seen. Just outstanding acting and suspense.