Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
Direction
Fincher's oppressive atmosphere you can practically smell.
Cinematography
Darius Khondji's sepia hellscape of perpetual night.
Acting
Freeman's weary humanity against Pitt's volcanic impatience.
Director
David Fincher
Morgan Freeman
Somerset
Brad Pitt
Mills
Gwyneth Paltrow
Tracy
John Cassini
Officer Davis
Peter Crombie
Dr. O'Neill
Reg E. Cathey
Dr. Santiago
R. Lee Ermey
Police Captain
Daniel Zacapa
Detective Taylor at First Murder
Andrew Kevin Walker
Dead Man at 1st Crime Scene
George Christy
Workman at Door of Somerset's Office
Endre Hules
Cab Driver
Hawthorne James
George the Night Guard at the Library
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'sloth' victim was actually a thin actor in prosthetics; they filmed his hospital bed scenes backwards over a year.
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