Seven (DVD)

Seven (or Se7en to give it its proper, affected title) is one of those films that the less you know about it before you see it, the better. Like the Sixth Sense, though, it’s not a “one watch wonder”. Even when you’ve seen it before and know where it is going, it still packs a powerful punch. At its heart, it is not that original: its central idea being two mis-matched cops (a hotshot newcomer and an old pro, close to retirement) working together to track down a serial killer has been done many times before. It’s never been done quite like this, though. Much of Seven’s success comes from its deeply unsettling atmosphere, which pervades the whole ...  Read the complete review

It's probably a good indication of what a magnificent film 'Seven' is that having already bought the bog-standard DVD a few years ago, I have no hesitation in shelling out a second time for the forthcoming special 2 Disc version. There really are very few crime thrillers made with this level of intelligence and emotional richness - in the past ten years, maybe 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'Heat' have been in the same class, and they were merely works of all-conquering professionalism. 'Seven' is something else, a determinedly feel-bad movie about depravity, moral compromise and sadism of the highest order. Last weekend, ...  Read the complete review

Whats in the box? 2 Disks and lots of extras on them. A long, long time ago when DVD was first released we got a version of Seven, but that version came on a single disk but on two sides. You had to turn the disk over half way through the film to finish watching it, you actually had to eject the disk and turn it over. Now years later we get a collectors edition of Seven from New Line who have developed a habit of re-releasing some of their old DVDs only actually giving them extras and some nice boxes. Seven is part of the Platinum collection and comes in a smart black cardboard box, you pull out the insert which is designed to look like the diaries that the ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Se7en is the film that made its director, David Fincher, a name to watch in Hollywood. His first film, Alien 3, may have bomed and been largely considered a messy failure, but that was more the studio's fault than his, and with Se7en, he has more control over things, making an impressive and creepy thriller that remains among the best that the genre has ever seen. Detective William R. Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is just about ready to retire, but in his last months, he is paired with arrogant Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt), and together, they begin investigating a strange series of grisly ...  Read the complete review

Every now and then, along comes a gem of a film that keeps you absolutely riveted to the screen, no matter how many times you watch it. Even writing it now, it is so vivid in my mind. A dark and disturbing psychological thriller, it features two cops as they hunt after a serial killer, who is using the seven deadly sins as a pattern for the killings. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman play the two detectives, and what starts out as a pair of hard nosed cops chasing another deranged psycho killer, soon turns into a psychological game of cat and mouse. Pitt is excellent as the frenetic and volatile young Mills, a doggedly determined detective who lets nothing stand in ...  Read the complete review