All the television attention today will be focused on the celebration of the Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid, but, obviously, there are alternatives on other networks. In fact, one of them broadcasts ‘Seven’, one of the best thrillers in film history which also has an ending so emblematic and powerful that you will never forget it.
As twisted as it is fascinating
A priori, ‘Seven’ could have been little more than one of the countless titles that emerged following the well-deserved success of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’, but the film directed by David Fincher It was much more than that. Starting with that script Andrew Kevin Walker that was about to change to the point of being almost unrecognizable, everything here is headed in a clear and twisted direction to give shape to a fascinating suspense film.
‘Seven’ takes place in an unidentified city that has been corrupted to such an extent that it has become little less than a hell from which it turns out to escape. That does not mean that the appearance of a new criminal who kills his victims inspired by the seven deadly sins is something new that ends up obsessing two police officers who are diametrically opposed to each other. The elections of Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt to interpret them, but the rest of the cast is also at a high level.
The setting work at all levels is another of the great distinctive features of ‘Seven’, since it is true that it is a very popular film, but it is still a rarity that a proposal this dark and stark connected with such a wide audience. And here, from the first crime or that unmistakable opening credits scene, it is clear that we are facing a different thriller that is not going to cut corners in the slightest to carry its proposal to the end.
And it is precisely that resounding ending with the mandela effect created through the most famous box in the history of cinema when what was already an excellent film rises as one of the best films of the 90s and a simply unrepeatable thriller. It is logical that Fincher said that “I prefer cigarettes put in my eyes“before the possibility of making a sequel.
Tonight you have a great opportunity to (re)watch ‘Seven’, as it airs on Cuatro from 11:00 p.m..
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