Seven is one of those films that when you ask people what their favourite film is it always comes up in a conversation. Or when in my case you tell someone you’ve never seen Seven they can’t believe it, especially considering I am a film student and have been for three years. I finally got round to watching it the other day and thank God I watched it because now I know why people list it in their all time favourites.
With a cast any film would be proud of Seven is one of the greatest thriller films of all time. The film directed by David Fincher (Fight Club, Panic Room and Zodiac) is easily Fincher’s finest moment as a film director and the cast will probably consider the film one of their best too. The film stars Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt who are both police detectives investigating a series of murders that all have something in common: the seven deadly sins. Greed, gluttony, sloth, lust, pride, envy and wrath are the seven deadly sins which the film revolves around.
Morgan Freeman puts in a wonderful performance as the wise and noble detective and Brad Pitt portrays the character of rookie detective extremely well. Kevin Spacey despite not appearing in the film for a very long time due to him being the serial killer puts in another fantastic performance as psychopath killer. Kevin Spacey is able to perform so many different characters so brilliantly; he must be regarded one of the finest actors of all time.
Everyone always goes on about the twist in Seven and thankfully I’ve never been told it, so it wasn’t spoilt for me when I was watching it. The last two sins were envy and wrath and if you haven’t seen the film then stop reading now because this will spoil the whole film. But envy was ultimately the life of Brad Pitt’s wife Tracy Mills who is played by Gwyneth Paltrow. Kevin Spacey killed Brad Pitt’s wife and for this Brad Pitt killed Kevin Spacey and ended the seven sins with the final one being wrath. As Morgan Freeman said just prior to him killing Kevin Spacey, “Don’t let him win, do not let him finish his sick fantasy”. But in due course Brad Pitt gives into his wrath and kills Kevin Spacey (which obviously you would do after just being delivered your wife’s head in a box).
The film throughout keeps you on the edge of your seat and keeps you guessing to what is going to happen next, which is everything you want from a thriller film. But this is no ordinary thriller film because it has an albeit twisted but definitely brilliant twist at the end.
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With a cast any film would be proud of Seven is one of the greatest thriller films of all time. The film directed by David Fincher (Fight Club, Panic Room and Zodiac) is easily Fincher’s finest moment as a film director and the cast will probably consider the film one of their best too. The film stars Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt who are both police detectives investigating a series of murders that all have something in common: the seven deadly sins. Greed, gluttony, sloth, lust, pride, envy and wrath are the seven deadly sins which the film revolves around.
Morgan Freeman puts in a wonderful performance as the wise and noble detective and Brad Pitt portrays the character of rookie detective extremely well. Kevin Spacey despite not appearing in the film for a very long time due to him being the serial killer puts in another fantastic performance as psychopath killer. Kevin Spacey is able to perform so many different characters so brilliantly; he must be regarded one of the finest actors of all time.
Everyone always goes on about the twist in Seven and thankfully I’ve never been told it, so it wasn’t spoilt for me when I was watching it. The last two sins were envy and wrath and if you haven’t seen the film then stop reading now because this will spoil the whole film. But envy was ultimately the life of Brad Pitt’s wife Tracy Mills who is played by Gwyneth Paltrow. Kevin Spacey killed Brad Pitt’s wife and for this Brad Pitt killed Kevin Spacey and ended the seven sins with the final one being wrath. As Morgan Freeman said just prior to him killing Kevin Spacey, “Don’t let him win, do not let him finish his sick fantasy”. But in due course Brad Pitt gives into his wrath and kills Kevin Spacey (which obviously you would do after just being delivered your wife’s head in a box).
The film throughout keeps you on the edge of your seat and keeps you guessing to what is going to happen next, which is everything you want from a thriller film. But this is no ordinary thriller film because it has an albeit twisted but definitely brilliant twist at the end.
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