Se7en "Seven"- (1995)

Oh i just had to, how could i be established as a film blogger if i didn't review the modern classic, Se7en. The 1995 David  Fincher film put him on the map as an all time great. The basic plot of the film is the story of two detectives, a Rookie ( Brad Pitt) Detective Mills and a soon to retire Detective Somerset ( Morgan Freeman). Freeman's performance in the film was simply iconic, he comes across as a wise resilient old man who had seen his fair share of crime and criminals, unfortunately, Pitts performance could not be so highly praised,** Spoiler Alert**  in particular one scene were he finds out the murder of his wife, his performance could resemble someone who needs to sneeze rather than be in deep shock, it's quiet humorous to see the crocodile tears pushed out so vigorously by Mills in the film but on the flip of the coin, he is the rookie in the film ( ha ha ha -_-). The two detectives are on the hunt for a serial killer who's motive represent following the acts of the seven deadly sins, the murderer, John Doe would brutally commit acts of murder on civilians who are most viable to committing the seven sins, of: Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Wrath, Pride and Lust. Kevin spacey an utter all time great and his performance in this as John Doe was simply up there with one of his best works when he says, " Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention" the hairs begin to stand on the back of your neck. One important aspect of the film is that there is no known location, or time, or date, only the day of the week is known to the audience which could simply symbolise the thought that these sins taken place in any city any town and any country which has human inhabitant and how we too are committing these sins. ** Spoiler Alert**  towards the end of the

film they arrest John Doe as he walks right into the police station and gives himself up, he confesses that there are still two bodies to be discovered and that he will only go with Detective Mills and Somerset. As they arrived in a deserted desert land, they discover a van in the distance coming towards the three characters, as Somerset drives ahead to check on the van, he discovers that it is a delivery van with a package for Detective Mills, Somerset opens the box to discover that it is the head of Mill's wife. when Mills finds out, John explains that he killed her as he was the one committing the sixth sin of envy, he was envy of the life Mill's lived, the young high school sweetheart he grew up to marry and a baby on the way, that is all that Doe wanted was a simple life. Due to the knowledge that Doe had killed Mill's wife he decides to shoot him repeatedly in anger, committing the seventh sin of Wrath.
. One unknown fact about this film is that the producers of the film wanted to created a more (family friendly) ending to the film so they wanted Mills and Somerset to find John Doe in the Mill's house just about to murder his wife, then they managed to arrest him and they all lived happily ever after. Fincher and Pitt especially were outraged by the though so they threatened to pull the film at the last minute if they didn't get the intended ending, so they ended up with the go ahead.
To conclude, Se7en is an amazing amazing film, it is rather depressing yet a must watch for every film head out there, its smart and cunning in its greatest gloryand has the potential to be known for a long time to come, an unbiased reviewer as myself would give this film a firm 9/10 almost pushing a 10, Instant classic.