Se7en (1995)

Cast: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow

Director: David Fincher

Genre: thriller, mystery, crime

David Fincher’s bleak, relentless, and ultimately terrifying crime thriller
Seven transcends other films of the genre with incredible plotting (the sort
Hitchcock might employ were he alive and making films in the 1990s) and
scalding intelligence. With only a small handful of minor flaws — the
overly familiar retiring cop/young cop pairing; the awful "I’m taking you
off the case!" cliche seemingly required by the genre; one giant lapse in
logic in the downward spiral toward the conclusion that cannot be revealed
without ruining the script’s gruesome surprise — Seven typically keeps its
viewers imprisoned in their seats with a combination of morbid fascination
and abject fear. Despite attempts by studio executives to alter Andrew
Kevin Walker’s ending, the filmmaking team prevailed and audiences
experienced that rare treat of mainstream cinema: an uncompromising
visi…

Trailer Se7en