DVD REVIEW

Seven - Platinum Series  (1994)

Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: David Fincher

Rating: R

Studio: New Line Cinema

Review Posted: 7.20.01

By Horatio Smithee

Before director David Fincher made Fight Club, he made Seven. The story of two New York City detectives searching for a methodical (to quote the movie)
serial killer, who kills accordingly to the 7 deadly sins.

Morgan freeman plays the older, wiser, retirement-bound detective, and Brad Pitt plays the young, fresh, go-getter. Written by Andrew Kevin Walker, then a clerk at a music store, Seven offers a unique view of the mind of a serial killer.  With an all-star cast, excellent directing and an incredible ending, you can't go wrong!

Perfect. Just Perfect. They explain on the DVD how they got it the picture to look so great. It's just perfect.

Again. Perfect. Especially when it's raining in the film.

Whoa. There are a lot of extras here.

Four Commentaries with David Fincher, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman and collaborators on the film
A good mix of humor and information on all of these. Brad Pitt and David Fincher were recorded together, but it's obvious Morgan Freeman was recorded at a separate time. Also, while very informative, Morgan Freeman tends to drift off into other topics.

Deleted Scenes and Extended takes
Pretty sweet. There are some cool scenes. I liked the extended scene with Brad Pitt talking about how he shot a criminal.

Alternate Ending with animated storyboards
Really cool. The filmed alternate ending was weak, but the the storyboarded ending was totally different and it kicked ass.

Digital Mastering For The Home Theatre
Four informational videos with multi-angle and multi-audio features to explain the process of digitally re-mastering the movie exclusively for this DVD release. It's most excellent. Awesome!

Exploration of the Opening sequence, multi video angles and audio
Pretty cool. You can see how it evolved.

EPK and Trailer
This was a great movie...but the trailer sucks. It makes it seem like just another movie when it is so much more. The trailer has a really corny narration as well.

Video Galleries, Notebooks, Crime Photos
...this is creepy, man! They have a lot of cool pictures from the movie.

Standard Filmography
Nothing Special.

FINAL THOUGHT

Overall, not a better DVD than Fight Club, but this is still one of the best out there. Go buy it right now.

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