= Fincherβs βSleeper Hitβ: SE7EN
- Among iconic director, David Fincherβs large catalog, is a true masterpiece of the genre he is most profound in. Se7en, released in 1995, dedicates time and effort into a truly psychologically draining thriller film. The serial killer movie initially scored 50s in press screenings and was on its way to being shelved, according to Fincher. Upon its release, the film grossed over $300 million worldwide. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freemanβs performances were applauded. The dreary aesthetic of the movie matches perfectly with the dark storyline. Retiring cop, Somerset, and young rookie detective, Mills, are partnered together to solve murders committed under the guise of the seven deadly sins. Beginning with gluttony, the violent perpetrator makes his victim, who is morbidly obese, eat until his stomach ruptures. This is off-screen and kills the man, the audience is left to see the aftermath with the staggered detectives. Following is greed, and a man with a pound of flesh cut from his body, then sloth, where a man is found and revealed to have been subdued to a bed for a year. A prostitute is brutally raped with a homemade weapon, which accounts for the sins of lust. Pride is the last sin the killer executes, mutilating a model, then turns himself in. Admitting to the detectives the murders were performed under the seven deadly sins, he offers to show them envy and wrath. What follows is considered by some to be one of the best movie endings of all time. The killer, John Doe, begins rambling about Millsβ wife, Tracy, after forcing him and Somerset to an unnamed location. Doe encourages Mills to βbecome wrathβ. A van delivers a box, which Somerset opens and is automatically met with disgust. Doe then admits he is envy, as he envies Millsβ relationship with Tracy. It is implied the box contains Tracyβs severed head. Mills shoots Doe, ultimately becoming wrath.














