Seven

Seven is definitely a different type of thriller from the norm. The Killer has the cops as his pawns the entire movie like James Berardinelli states in his review. The killer is a deranged nut case to the end. He tries to make a point about the corruption of the world by killing one person for each of the seven deadly sins; Hence the title.

Investigating these murders are two very different but very alike detectives. The older one who is near retirement William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is very jaded about the world but at the same time still, at least subconsciously, thinks he can help it. The younger more arrogant detective David Mills (Brad Pitt) who has just joined the force recently thinks he can save the world all by himself and gets a proverbial slap in the face when he is paired with Will.

The movie itself was very annoyingly dark. The lighting did not allow for the audience to see much of what was going on and took away from many of the details. The only scene with a significant amount of light in it was in the very end. The gore was very prevalent in the crime scenes, which was not to the extent it was bad, but may still have been excessive. The movie was also rather predictable with its ending contrary to what James Berardinelli thinks and I think it could have been put together much better.