Paul reviewed
7 november 2025•
Se7en is pure urban nightmare.
David Fincher serves up a city so overpopulated and soulless it’s barely fit for human habitation. Riddled with crime, rain-soaked and anonymous, the city is as much a villain as the killer.
Brad Pitt’s Mills and Morgan Freeman’s Somerset clash with the environment and each other, one young, bristling with hope, the other ground down by years of loneliness and horror.
What bites hardest about Se7en isn’t just the gruesome crimes or infamous ending, but the film’s unspoken truth: the film’s tension and nihilism leave you thinking, maybe city living is the real sin.
Grim, smart, and never less than riveting, Se7en stands out as a modern-day horror story and a warning shot at the dark side of civilisation.
Paul reviewed
7 november 2025•
Se7en is pure urban nightmare.
David Fincher serves up a city so overpopulated and soulless it’s barely fit for human habitation. Riddled with crime, rain-soaked and anonymous, the city is as much a villain as the killer.
Brad Pitt’s Mills and Morgan Freeman’s Somerset clash with the environment and each other, one young, bristling with hope, the other ground down by years of loneliness and horror.
What bites hardest about Se7en isn’t just the gruesome crimes or infamous ending, but the film’s unspoken truth: the film’s tension and nihilism leave you thinking, maybe city living is the real sin.
Grim, smart, and never less than riveting, Se7en stands out as a modern-day horror story and a warning shot at the dark side of civilisation.
