Amazing portrayal of the investigation into the Zodiac killer
Zodiac was another great release by director David Fincher. It focuses upon the Zodiac killer that terrified the San Francisco Bay Area in the late-1960s/1970s. It’s based upon the book Zodiac by Robert Graysmith. He’s played by Jake Gyllenhaal in the film. The story lays down a tense mystery even though there are only a few murders and most of the time is spent on investigating them.<br /><br />Things start in 1969 with the murder of Darlene Ferrin and wounding of Mike Mageau on a lover’s lane in Vallejo, north of San Francisco. That was actually the second Zodiac killing as he’d murdered a couple the year before in Benicia which is right next to Vallejo. The mood is immediately set as Ferrin and Mageau are flirting in her car, when a Mustang pulls up behind them, turns off its lights, sits there for a while, and then drives off only to come back, have the driver get out and shoot the couple. The Zodiac then called the police to brag about his acts. The second murder of Bryan Calvin Hartnell and Cecelia Ann Shepard at Lake Berryessa is really brutal, and again the Zodiac called it in. That was where the iconic black mask with circled white cross outfit was used.<br /><br />Graysmith got involved in the murders because the Zodiac began sending letters to his paper the Chronicle, and staff member Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr) became one of the main reporters on the case. That brings them into contact with Officers Dave Topschi (Mark Ruffalo) and Bill Armstrong (Anthony Edwards) of the San Francisco Police Department. Graysmith became completely obsessed with the case even though he was a political cartoonist. For example, after the first letter arrived he went to the library and checked out a bunch of books on codes to try to break the cypher the Zodiac used. He also recognized a term, “the most dangerous game” used in the Zodiac’s first letter. It came from a movie of the same name where a man hunts down people for sport, which was what the killer said he was doing. He is so caught up with the story that after the Zodiac disappears he begins his own investigation into matters which takes all kinds of twists and turns.<br /><br />For a mostly procedural film it has lots of mystery and suspense. There are times when Avery and Graysmith go out to meet people that are some of the scariest scenes in the film. Gyllenhaal does a great job portraying how obsessive Graysmith became, and Downey is his usual awesome self.<br /><br />The film is a great period piece as well. There’s a shot of Embarcadero Freeway in San Francisco that no longer exists. Two time sequence shots cover the building of the Transamerica Pyramid also in SF. For a Bay Area native these are great to see. The overall look, really captures the time. Plus it includes lots of great music from the time.<br /><br />The movie will really enthrall you with its story, and creep you out as times too.<br />C
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