Se7en film responce

se7en - 1995

A retiring detective somerset and a newly transferred detective mills have a new murderer on their case. John doe, the murderer, uses the 7 deadly sins to kill his victims and has a clear and understanding explanation to why he killed them.
7 deadly sins;

• lust
• gluttony
• greed
• sloth
• wrath
• envy
• pride

For each murder john doe displays each crime with what deadly sin he has used, he gives clues and has planned everything for years for just the 7 days he has to do it. Although he is safe, at one point the detectives find his house which ruins his plans but only slightly as he had planned everything so well that no finger print or any evidence for the detective to discover.

I think the use of the deadly sins was used well throughout the film and the way each crime was different and original highlights that john doe put a lot of time and patience for each of his murderers, for example the man in a house that was kept tied up for year exactly on the day the detective found him and was somehow still alive.
the film clearly shows that john doe had planned these murders for years and has a simple answer for why he done it and took years of careful reading on the sins. It shows as by the end of the film, john doe reveals the final sin 'wrath' which was presented to detective mills as john was ready to get shot and he knew his whole plan would work out as detective mills is not a strong character as detective somerset realizes at the beginning of the film.
i think this film is a good psychological thriller as the crimes are unthinkable to myself and makes the audience wonder who and why john doe had done all these crimes and it keeps the audience interested in what happens next, will he be captured?
One scene that stands out to me is the chase between detective mills and john doe, the music and editing creates a scared emotion and the sharp gun shots out of the blue makes a jump scare and made me hope that he would of got caught. The final and big jump scare for me was when john doe jumped from the top of the van, although mills had looked under and around, john doe surprisingly hit him in the face which would shock the audience the most as the last thing i thought was that john doe would of been on the roof. A big part in the film is the music, it not only expands on the emotions made by the characters but it also creates the emotions too with its sharp sounds and slow to fast pacing music becoming louder and louder brings the film all together emotionally.

Overall the enjoyed the film a lot because of the unreal crimes that had been made and the way it had all been told in a few hours after a week of work. The characters attach to the audience quick and easily and emotionally hurts the audience at the end of the film after the big final shock.