Seven is a
conventional thriller film made in 1995, written by Andrew Kevin Walker and
directed by David Ficher. The film stars Brad Pitt (Mills) and Morgan Freeman
(Sommerset) as two intelligent and keen homicide detectives. Their main
objective was to hunt down a vindictive serial killer (John Doe) who seeks
revenge on the world due to the ignorance of human beings. His main victims
where people who he found guilty of committing the seven deadly sins which are
Pride, Envy, Gluttony , Lust , Anger,
Sloth. Mills is a short tempered detective who recently transferred to a new
department and a new city with his beloved wife Gwyneth Paltrow (Tracy), his
wife doesn't seem to be delighted with the idea of moving to a new city. The
film gives us an insight of the work life of the two characters as well as
their personal life which helps us the viewer’s empathize with them and also
helps us see things from their point of view. John Doe the serial killer is
absent from most of the first half of the film however we the viewers are fed
with images of his victims thus giving us a sense of brutality. In the film
Morgan Freeman (Somerset) plays a more mature detective who was on the verge of
going into retirement but lured back to solve one last case.
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