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Se7en (also written as Seven) is a 1995 film about a complex and methodical serial killer obsessed with the seven deadly sins, who uses the sins themselves as calling cards in a series of ritualistic murders. It was directed by David Fincher (his second movie) and written by Andrew Kevin Walker who received a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.

The film utilizes a visual film technique known as bleach bypass. Film editor Richard Francis-Bruce was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing.

Cast

Brad Pitt
- Detective David Mills
Morgan Freeman
- Detective Lt. William Somerset
Gwyneth Paltrow
- Tracy Mills
Kevin Spacey
- "John Doe"
R. Lee Ermey
- Police Captain
Daniel Zacapa - Detective Taylor
John Cassini - Officer Davis

Taglines: :"Seven deadly sins. Seven ways to die." :"Let he who is without sin try to survive." :"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."

Plot

Se7en stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman as the two detectives in charge of solving the crimes of a serial murderer, Gwyneth Paltrow as the wife of Pitt's character, and Kevin Spacey as the killer. Spacey asked that his name not be included in the opening credits, in order to conceal the killer's identity.

Greed and Gluttony

The story unfolds in a rainy non-descript American metropolis that (despite inclement weather conditions) could either be Los Angeles (due to its proximity to a characteristically Californian desert and mountains) or New York (due to the presence of an elevated mass-transit system adjacent to the Mills' apartment). Drawing from the worst aspects of urban life -- crime, congestion, inner-city decay -- the dystopian atmosphere lends support to the biblical-like nature of the film's premise and could possibly be a reference to Sodom and Gomorrah; symbolizing a sinful environment where depravity, avarice, and generally inimical conduct is rampant. Detective Lt. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) (named for W. Somerset Maugham) is preparing to retire from police work after many gruelling and unpleasant years of dealing with the destitution and apathy bred within the grimy and forlorn city. In his last week, he is partnered with David Mills (Brad Pitt), a much younger and more naive rookie detective who just relocated to the department from somewhere outside the metropolis. The two men are at odds with each other almost immediately, as Mills is brash, tempermental, and lets his emotions get the better of him, in stark contrast to Somerset's analytical, introspective personality and methods.

Their first assignment together is at a crime scene in a filthy, cockroach-infested apartment in which an obese man lies dead, possibly tortured. He is bound with wires at his ankles and wrists, and there is a bucket of vomit under the table. The pathologist later verifies that the man was force-fed an enormous quantity of food, then kicked in the side. This caused his stomach to split and led to an internal hemorrhage that brought on his demise. The first bit of evidence that has the two detectives believing they are after a killer with a grudge is Somerset's discovery of two shopping receipts, indicating that the killer had left the apartment to visit a supermarket to get more food to continue the torture.

After their superior (played by R. Lee Ermey) confronts the detectives in his office, Somerset argues that Mills should be placed on a different assignment. However, soon after, the gruesome murder of the prominent Jewish lawyer Eli Gould is discovered. Gould was made to excise a pound of his own flesh in the tradition of William Shakespeare's Jewish money-lender Shylock in The Merchant of Venice
, and written on the floor in Gould's blood is the word GREED. Somerset goes back to the apartment where the first murder was committed, finding GLUTTONY written in grease on the wall behind the refrigerator. He begins to suspect that the crimes are related, and confronts his superior to warn him that there will be five more murders, each patterned after remaining five of the remaining seven deadly sins.

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Movies - Se7en

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Greed and Gluttony

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