One of the most successful and representative psychological thrillers in film history
A philosophical warning story
Killing is used to restrain morality. Ironing society and life with killing
Starring: Morgan Freeman
Brad Pitt
Andrew Kevin Walker
-Golden Globe Award for Best Film in Drama and Best Screenplay in 1995
Golden Bear Award in 1995 Berlin Film Festival
One of the most classic psychological thrillers ever
A very philosophical warning story < Revealing the satire on society and life
Another Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival in p>1995
- Seven deadly sins-gluttony, greed, laziness, lust, pride, jealousy and anger-are regarded as seven deadly sins by the Catholic Church and repeatedly mentioned in the Bible.
The "seven deadly sins" appear repeatedly in the Bible, famous paintings and the titles of medieval preachers, especially in Thomas Aquinas' religious works, Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
The Seven Deaths is a philosophical crime story with strong visual impact and dark background. A crazy murderer thinks he is God and executes the seven deadly sins of the Catholic Church one by one. In the process of chasing the murderer, detectives in the old and new worlds fight with the criminals, and finally there is an unexpected and thought-provoking ending.
The seven cases in the film appear from time to time, and from time to time, the realm of "no way out, no way out, no way out, no way out" appears. The film describes the criminal psychology in detail, and it is of more social significance for the murderer to kill people through the moral judgment of the Bible. A policeman finally became the executor of the murderer's plan. Is this a satire on society and life, or is the seven tenets of God irresistible in the vast sea of people, or is it a symbol of the chaotic life order in this world of sin and punishment?
The Seven Deaths is a maddening movie, which in some way seriously discusses the difference between meaningful violence and meaningless violence. It also arouses everyone's awareness of "original sin", and people who have seen this movie will feel fear involuntarily-there is no doubt that you are guilty, too.
Schiffer Newman, a Hollywood film critic,
Seven Deaths has created a brand-new film language. In this language, the killer kills people not because he is bloodthirsty, but because of a powerful theoretical creed and a delusion. He thinks he can save mankind through trial and preaching. He killed people not because he was bloodthirsty, but because of his strong theoretical creed, plus his delusion to achieve his self-righteous redemption goal through "trial" and preaching. Maybe he doesn't even kill a chicken at ordinary times, but he has found the basis for the gruesome killing behavior. This kind of terror is not a natural reaction of the senses when witnessing the horror scene, but a psychological terror. This makes Seven Deaths, a movie that looks like a detective film or a genre horror film, get rid of some routines and establish a psychological connection with the real life of American society.
-film critic Cong Feng
This is a depressing film, and director David Finch plays a game of hide-and-seek between criminals and police around the number "7". 7 "is Satan hidden in the maze of modern human nature. While we are paying more and more attention to high technology, materialism and modern democracy, the director has opened Pandora's Box-the seven deadly sins in ancient times. -Seven deadly sins of ancient religions. With the curtain falling, the audience's thoughts about God and modern human beings are lingering.
This movie seems to have dealt a heavy blow to people's growing optimism about a "perfect" legal system. As the murderer said, "the work is finished, everything is over, and people are dumbfounded and have nothing to say."
-network.com Patrick
William is a criminal policeman and a homicide expert in new york Police Department. He has been a policeman for 32 years. Over the years, he has been working hard almost all the time. He has seen and felt too much suffering, and he feels exhausted. Fortunately, there are 7 days left! He's retiring, and he can finally enjoy life.
In order to take over his job, the boss sent him a new partner-young and energetic Mills, who moved to new york with his wife Tracy. At first, Tracy didn't agree to come to this chaotic city, but Mills thought that only here could he take over some important cases. Mills thought that only here could he take over some important cases, so after some persuasion, Tracy agreed. William is rigorous and stuffy, but Mills is impulsive. His condescension makes William's way of handling cases very disapproving.
It may be fate that Mills' first case was William's last case-a surprisingly fat man was killed at home, but Mills and William didn't find any clues at the scene.
Then another case happened. Gert, a rich defense lawyer, was murdered. On the floor of the murder scene, the murderer wrote two words in blood: greed. The thoughtful William came to the previous crime scene again, never letting go of any clues, and finally found two words behind the refrigerator: overeating. Only then did they realize that he was forced to eat a lot of food until his stomach burst and he died.
William suddenly remembered a sentence in Paradise Lost-the seven deadly sins of Christianity: gluttony, greed, laziness, anger, pride, lust and jealousy. He thinks that there will be five more murders, each of which has a terrible connection with other commandments, but Mills doesn't believe it.
Tracy invited William to have dinner at home. Mills was a little unhappy, but Tracy and William had a good talk.
The fingerprints found at the scene made Gert's client drug dealer Victor a suspect. He has a criminal record and is mentally ill. But when the police rushed to arrest him, they found him dead, and the word "lazy" was written on the wall.
With the help of the internal investigation in the library, William found the reporter Anonymous, who is a mental patient. In order not to leave fingerprints, he peeled off the skin on his fingers. But when William and Mills went to look for him, he had already slipped away. At John's house, they found a photo of a blonde prostitute. But when they found her, she was already dead, with the word "slutty" written next to her.
On Sunday, William retired, and John called them to tell them that he had done it again. -a woman died naked in bed with the word "pride" written next to her. William decided to settle the case before he retired, but John suddenly turned himself in. Cautious William thinks that things will not be so simple, because there are still two unfinished cases, and John must have more tricks.
John admits that there are two more bodies and is willing to take them to find them. At this moment, a package was delivered to Mills. William opened the package and found Tracy's head inside. John told Mills that it was "jealousy" that killed Tracy.
In anger and grief, Mills couldn't control himself and shot John-he committed the crime of "anger" and was the last person to fulfill the Seven Commandments.
When Mills was taken to the police car, William was silent in the face of the sunset.
Imagination or Destiny
The English title of the film is an eye-catching and shocking word --"Seven "(7)." Seven "is a mysterious number in religious terms, which is fully reflected in the Old Testament. God created Adam in seven days and took out Adam's seventh rib to create Eve. The original incarnation of Satan is a fire dragon with seven heads. There are seven fallen angels in the world, which are called Satan. After the 16th century, the Catholic Church more directly used the images of Satan's seven demons to represent seven sins-pride, jealousy, rage, laziness, greed, gluttony and lust.