Terrifying thriller!

Zodiac is a very powerful thriller that features a very bizarre serial killer. After realising that Zodiac was directed by David Fincher and had a really good ensemble cast, it drew my attention to it. It is said to be one of the hardest crime cases in American history. What I think is so clever about Zodiac is because it is about a very smart serial killer who sends puzzles to the newspaper reporters about who or what his/her next victims and how they died. Zodiac is a psychological thriller that is tense but not that tense. The film did end with some unanswered questions which I wasn't really expecting. Zodiac is a rather weird film because there has never been a serial killer that matches how hard it was to catch and a person who kills his/her victims in different ways with different codes.


Jake Gyllenhaal was very good as Robert Graysmith because involving the Zodiac killer case he is like a rookie to the reporters and the cops. Robert is a young man who lives with his family. As he gets closer into the Zodiac investigation he must protect his family from the Zodiac killer because he/she attacks anyone, anywhere, anyhow and anytime. That is where it becomes very tense. Jake has been in films where he hasn't earned very much credit apart from Zodiac and his Oscar nominated performance in Brokeback Mountain. Robert Downey Jr was awesome as Paul Avery who accompanies Robert in the Zodiac investigation. Mark Ruffalo and Chloë Sevigny were good in this film as well.


David Fincher has created another amazing psychological thriller that is considered one of the best out there. His directing was awesome indeed which is very typical of Fincher to do so. His directing was a lot like a cult crime film that has a slight bit of horror in it. He has created another great piece of work that marks another great film on the list of David Fincher films. Zodiac isn't his best and it isn't his worst film neither. I was impressed by how well this film was written. It was written really well which seems to be a bit of a hard challenge for true stories. It was a very complex film that does leave a few unanswered questions as I said.


Jake Gyllenhaal's performance is awesome but he is a lot better in Brokeback Mountain. It isn't Robert Downey Jr's best either. He was better in Iron Man, Chaplin and Tropic Thunder. Out of the five David Fincher films I have seen, Zodiac is the fourth best out of them. It isn't as good as Fight Club, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Se7en but it is better than Alien3. Zodiac is one of the top thrillers of 2007. Overall, this film was really good but wasn't as awesome as I was hoping. Maybe a re-watch in the future might make a difference.

7/10