Seven (New Line Platinum Series) |  | Director: David Fincher
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Ermey
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  594 reviews
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Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 127 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.7 x 0.8
MPN: DN4997D
ISBN: 0780630211
UPC: 794043499722
EAN: 9780780630215
ASIN: B000050FEN
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 1995
Release Date: December 19, 2000
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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
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PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT TWO DETECTIVES ON THE TRAIL OF A VICIOUS SERIAL KILLER WHO CHOOSES HIS VICTIMS ACCORDING TO THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS. THE KILLER PLANS EACH MURDER DOWN TO THE FINEST DETAIL AND AS THE DETECTIVES CLOSE IN HE PATIENTLY AWAITS THE FINAL CONFRONTRATION.
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 Review: Se7en (1995) October 22, 2009
Matthew Lanka
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey
This film is a great example of how every aspect of film making can come together to create a stellar drama in a brilliant and visceral world. David Fincher directs a stellar cast in this modern crime classic.
Big city detectives Mills (Pitt) and Somerset (Freeman) find themselves investigating a serial killer who chooses his victims based on the seven deadly sins.
I think this is David Fincher's best film. While the acting comes up just short of perfection (with the obvious exception of Spacey, who is brilliant in what little screen time he has), the story and visual feel of this movie will keep you ensnared the entire time. I especially enjoyed the non-traditional aspects of the character development. Many of the characters could easily have devolved into predictable stereotypes, good cop/bad cop, crazy killer, etc. However, so many scenes and characters evolved differently than you would expect, but still very logical. It's as if to say "we know how you would expect this to go, but here is an alternative. Didn't expect that, did you?" The unpredictability of the story is the hook that won't let you go.
Between scenes of brutal and often horrifying killings and witty dialogue, the world of Se7en had me from start to finish. And speaking of finishes (and without giving anything away), the ending hit me in the gut with a sledgehammer. I never saw it coming. I would rank the final scene of Se7en right up there with the best of them. It's as shocking as it is brilliant.
Final Score: 10/10
Great movie!!! October 21, 2009
Noeliam (Boerne, TX.)
One of Brad Pitt's best, and of course the ever talented Morgan Freeman. I definitely reccomed it to any one who enjoys crime drama's or Fight Club.
 Maybe even 4.5 October 13, 2009
IF (Portsmouth, NH USA)
Right to the point, a wholly original film on all levels, and one of Pitt's best. The only thing out place for me is the finale. As the storyline goes, each person guilty of his/her deadly sin was killed for commiting said sin. Exception being Brad Pitt's character guilty of Wrath and yet not killed for his sin. Obviously, I still love this movie and this exception did not ruin it for me. If anyone out there has any feedback or even a different interpretation, I'd be glad to hear it.
The second best psychological thriller ever made. September 22, 2009
Nicholi Blaise Woods (Dahlonega)
I first seen this movie with one of my aunts, and this is probably the second best maniac thriller ever made. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman give great performances as two police detectives tracking down a psycho killer who bases his murders on the seven deadly sins. Kevin Spacey's performance as the killer may be a small role, but is still one of his best performances of his career. The ending is probably one of the best endings ever made in movie history, a great twisted ending.
 Overrated Thriller (set in an always-rainy Manhattan) August 31, 2009
Baron Sardonicus (Pennsylvania)
Maybe I am spoiled having seen the entertaining and taut "The Silence of the Lambs". Maybe serial killer thrillers will never measure up to that one. I can't dismiss "Se7en" completely, but I did find it overrated. It's been praised often and by many, but it truly may not deserve all the accolades. Sure, it's atmospheric and gruesome, but so is my junk drawer.
Yes, rain looks good in movies. It enhances the mood in film noir, in romance, in horror, in suspense, and in detective tales. But this is ridiculous excess. In a constantly rainy Manhattan, we learn about this madman who has been inspired by the seven deadly sins. Hence, the title of the film (not the most clever moniker but I'll forgive that). This detective yarn becomes predictable as it progresses. By the ending you can figure out what's about to go down. I do wish the screenplay was better; the relationship between the two main characters could have been really well defined, even witty and clever. Instead we get the 'same-old same-old' detective partners: wise one and reckless one. It's been done a bajillion times.
I can say that the production design was fairly effective-- but you expect that in a film like this anyway (and style doesn't win me over much if the story doesn't enthrall me at all). And the score by Howard Shore was good. But overall this is the sort of thriller that I see once and then have no wish to view again. I do hope that I was not supposed to be impressed by the notion of a killer who uses a theme, a killer who preaches and judges and wields his own brand of cruel justice. It's been done before this film, and it's been done since ("Saw" comes to mind... but then, that film script borrowed from many movies including scenarios from "Suspiria" and "The Abominable Dr. Phibes").
Bottom line: Worth a rental if you never saw it.
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