Movie: Se7en (1995)

“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 Sommerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer’s modus operandi while green Detective Mills scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer… Written by Mark Fleetwood {mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu}”

  • Director: David Fincher
  • Release Date: 22 September 1995 (USA)
  • Run Time: 127 min
  • Country: USA
  • Genre: Crime , Thriller
  • MPAA: Rated R for grisly afterviews of horrific and bizarre killings, and for strong language.

Tagline: Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.

Trivia: The word “fuck” and its derivatives are said a discernible 74 times throughout the movie, mostly by Brad Pitt.

Goofs: Continuity: When Somerset is in the taxi on the way to the Library he is wearing a striped shirt under his overcoat. When he gets to the library and is chatting with the security guards he is wearing just a solid white shirt.

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