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Se7en (1995) -- Police drama about two cops, one new and one about to retire, after a serial killer using the seven deadly sins as his MO.
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Release Date:
22 September 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light. more
Plot:
Police drama about two cops, one new and one about to retire, after a serial killer using the seven deadly sins as his MO. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 19 wins & 17 nominations more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Brad Pitt ... Detective David Mills

Morgan Freeman ... Detective Lt. William Somerset

Gwyneth Paltrow ... Tracy Mills

R. Lee Ermey ... Police Captain
Andrew Kevin Walker ... Dead Man (as Andy Walker)

Daniel Zacapa ... Detective Taylor

John Cassini ... Officer Davis
Bob Mack ... Gluttony Victim
Peter Crombie ... Dr. O'Neill

Reg E. Cathey ... Coroner (as Reginald E. Cathey)
George Christy ... Workman

Endre Hules ... Cab Driver
Hawthorne James ... George, Library Night Guard
William Davidson ... Library Guard (as Roscoe Davidson)
Bob Collins ... Library Guard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Seven (UK) (video title) (USA) (alternative spelling) (USA) (video title) (USA) (DVD title)
The Seven Deadly Sins (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for grisly afterviews of horrific and bizarre killings, and for strong language.
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127 min
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Mills and William Somerset discuss the book "Of Human Bondage", which was written by W. Somerset Maugham. more
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Continuity: When Mills orders Jon Doe to the ground in the police station, on the stairs behind two police officers are visible. Then there is a cut to a shot from the stairs looking down, and no police officers can be seen. Cut again and they reappear. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Detective Taylor: Neighbors heard them screaming at each other, like for two hours, and it was nothing new. Then they heard the gun go off, both barrels. Crime of passion.
William Somerset: Yeah, just look at all the passion on that wall.
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18 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
No one is without sin, 31 January 2008
9/10
Author: Matt Grover from Canada

This is one of those dark movies, where it's constantly raining and wet and where the light always seems to be dim. Appropriately enough, this changes to bright and shimmering heat in the very end. As a kid, I hated dark movies. But perhaps it is appropriate in this case, because Seven attempts to be a statement about humanity: no one is without sin.

The seven deadly sins are gluttony, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and wrath. Prime examples of people committing these are being punished one by one, brutally and efficiently, by a psychopathic killer. Detectives, and reluctant partners, William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and David Mills (Brad Pitt) are assigned to track down the killer. Needless to say, the job gets accomplished. While some might argue it is done surprisingly, I'd argue otherwise.

For once, I wasn't impressed with Pitt's acting. I thought Freeman did a great job. As usual, the villain, John Doe played by Kevin Spacey, provides a chilling performance, even though he is not given as much center stage as, say, Anthony Hopkins was in Silence of the Lambs. In fact, the whole movie seems to hurry through without giving key characters enough time to build up their emotional worth, particularly Mills' wife Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow).

In the end, Seven does manage to get its point across effectively. While watching the movie itself, I thought it a bit anti-climatic, but when mulling it over later, the images echo very strongly in my mind. One of the most disturbing films I've seen.

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