"The Seven Deadly Sins" is a classic black thriller. The plot is closely related to the seven capital crimes in the Catholic Church. However, the brilliance of the film is that it does not mechanically list these seven cases together, but from two police detectives. From the perspective, gradually reasoning to the truth behind the case, and the serial killer played by Kevin Spacey not only surrendered the case, the completion of the sixth and seventh cases was unexpected ().
The movie scenes of "The Seven Deadly Sins" were set up by director David Fincher to resemble a post-modern installation art exhibition, such as the nauseating yellow-toned pasta at the gluttonous crime scene, the red bloody scene of the crime of lust, and the crime of pride. The sense of horror in the white room and the dirty and dark green light and shadow in the crime of laziness. Of course, chaos and darkness are the main themes of the film ().
In this movie, director David Fincher not only breaks the frame of traditional Hollywood movies, but also constantly brings surprises to the audience, making this seemingly police scare movie even better than other similarly produced movies. And shock. On the other hand, the art direction and photography skills in the film are equally rigorous and meticulous (). The rendering of dark tones, the city that keeps raining, the dim lighting and the treatment of shading all seem to be shrouded in a weird ground veil at any time. Unlike the misty effect of "Zodiac", the pictures of "The Seven Deadly Sins" are clear, cruel and even bloodyWeiping
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