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Seven (New Line Platinum Series)
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Ermey, and Andrew Kevin Walker
Rated: R (Restricted)
Retail Price (not our price): $26.98
Release Date: 2000-12-19
Theatrical Release Date: 1995-09-22
Studio: New Line Home Video
Run Time: 127 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Discs: 2


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com essential video
The most viscerally frightening and disturbing homicidal maniac picture since The Silence of the Lambs, Seven is based on an idea that's both gruesome and ingenious. A serial killer forces each of his victims to die by acting out one of the seven deadly sins. The murder scene is then artfully arranged into a grotesque tableau, a graphic illustration of each mortal vice. From the jittery opening credits to the horrifying (and seemingly inescapable) concluding twist, director David Fincher immerses us in a murky urban twilight where everything seems to be rotting, rusting, or molding; the air is cold and heavy with dread. Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt are the detectives who skillfully track down the killer--all the while unaware that he has been closing in on them, as well. Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey are also featured, but it is director Fincher and the ominous, overwhelmingly oppressive atmosphere of doom that he creates that are the real stars of the film. It's a terrific date movie--for vampires. --Jim Emerson

2) Description
A retiring cop and his replacement track a psychotic killer who's using the seven deadly sins as a guide. Starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Good -- but definitely not a "date" movie   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
As a rule, I have a high tolerance for violence and gore in movies, but this one squicked even me. It's certainly the most nightmare-inducing film I've seen recently. The setting is very noir, a dark and rainy unnamed city, in which the youngish Det. David Mills (Brad Pitt) is replacing Det. Lt. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), who is about to retire. Then a series of horrific murders begins -- from which the camera never pans away -- themed on the Seven Deadly sins, and there's a lot of chasing about in alleys and tenements. The serial killer, John Doe, is played by Kevin Spacey, who can be a little creepy even when he's not playing a role. It's all madness and mayhem delivered up in a tight, non-predictable script, largely as seen through Somerset's dour, pessimistic view of the world. It's the sort of film you can admire without actually liking it much. Especially the ending.

2) Another classic from David Fincher!   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I received my Se7en (New Line Platinum Series) DVD and it didn't dissapoint. Just the package is great, and the movie is amazing. Great for any David Fincher fan (like me)!

3) A Really Great Movie   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The most suspenseful and most realistic serial killer movie since The Silence of the Lambs (Two-Disc Collector's Edition). In my opinion, it's better than "Silence".

4) Four for Seven   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
A very good movie in that it pulls you in and keeps you watching; however, it is ultimately flawed in the same way as was the similar (and far inferior) 'Bone Collector' -- The psycho killer's plans absolutely hinge on the timely discovery and proper interpretation of the quite obscure "clues" he leaves behind for the detectives. The storyline fails on this point because at the beginning we are told that Sommerset (Freeman) is to retire in a few days. That he was really the only detective who could have possibly both discovered and deciphered the meaning of said "clues" left me wondering how the psycho could have banked on him -- or any one of the much lesser detectives -- to have done the job he needed them to do. Also, by the storyline itself we are told that the psycho set his plan in motion at least a year before Brad Pitt's character ever showed up on the scene, and he thus could not have known that Pitt was going to transfer in from upstate. Yet, his ultimate plan was intimately intertwined with Pitt. Huh??? I recommend Fincher's superior "Zodiac" for a real psycho-killer plot without any holes, since it is based upon actual events. (I also recommend my favorite Fincher film, "The Game" -- totally incredible and cool!).

5) Se7en   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light ... [John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II. Line 432] "Seven deadly sins, seven ways to die" is the tagline for this intense psychological thriller directed by David Fincher: ~ Detective Sergeant Mills [Brad Pitt] is set to replace Detective Lieutenant Somerset [Morgan Freeman], a world-weary cop retiring after years on the force. Somerset can see no end to the harrowing crimes he has witnessed, the sickness that is the City. Dealing with murder, rape, abuse, and poverty has become the Lieutenant's life and he now hopes for some small shred of peace. Mills, on the other hand, is new to the city; he is arrogant and brash, having little time for Somerset's thoughtful and analytical techniques. As retirement beckons, so a new spate of killings begin. Like it or not, Somerset is given the investigation by the Captain [R Lee Ermey] while Mills is put on a different case. The murders are soon linked to the same killer - a twisted genius who chooses his victims based on the seven deadly sins in Dante Alighieri's 'The Divine Comedy' - and Mills and Somerset are paired together once more. Despite their clash of personalities Mills and Somerset strike up a good partnership, Somerset's introspectiveness and Mills's self-confidence turning out to be a useful combination. Each one learns a lot from the other; indeed, Mills's wife [Gwyneth Paltrow] thinks Somerset is a good influence on the husband she is rapidly growing concerned about. It soon becomes apparent that the 'sins' killer is playing a deadly cat-and-mouse game with the detectives, enjoying watching them either stumble or succeed at every turn in the case ... while he continues to kill according to the seven deadly sins: gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride, lust. They must stop him before he can finish his murder spree and most probably disappear forever ~ Se7en is not only the most accomplished film by David Fincher [Zodiac] but almost certainly - from a writing and directing viewpoint - the best psychological thriller in the history of film and television. There are none of the stereotypical clichés found in countless thrillers of violence, no room for the predictable, for the viewer is kept constantly in the dark until the very end. And the climax is both ferocious and awe-striking ... for once Hollywood kept the outcome a secret until the day of release, not an easy thing to do. Whatever vision Andrew Kevin Walker had before he took his script to screenwriter David Koepp [Secret Window] was ultimately realized once in the hands of David Fincher. Fincher's dark and rain-driven sewer, his city of sins, has yet to be matched on film. His choice of cast was spot-on. Se7en is a true classic, crossing genres like crime, horror, thriller and police procedural ... dark and moody, harrowing and painful, Se7en will appeal to the darker side within us all. Co-stars John C McGinley as California [captain of SWAT team]