a stand out film deal with a particularly unpleasant serial killer and se7en ( along with silence of the lamb ) and be something of a milestone in this genre . an intelligent script and and admirable actor include the excellent morgan freeman and prad pitt and gwenth paltrow and kevin spacey and with a cinema noir style and and very grisly murder represent the seven deadly sin . it be the performance however that lift this movie above the average and morgan freeman a the old world wise detective and pitt almost manic a his young enthusiastic sidekick and poltrow play the wife with a fine degree of sensitivity and and spacey do his usual brilliant psycho routine . there be a pivotal scene with freeman and paltrow in a café which show the depth of performance here . they be believable character in a dark disturb world wherein it always seem to be rain . an effective thriller with tight direction and atmospheric photography .