David Fincther Seven Sparknotes

In David Fincther Seven, the story starts with two cops. One is about retire and the other new to the city. They investigate a series of murders which show that the killer has a theme for his doings. The killer John Doe, who we find out towards the end of the movie killing one person for every deadly sins which are gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride and lust which are seven in total. The killing start with an obsessed man who was forced to eat till his stomach explode. This gives the sense of how sinister the killer is and what kind of other twisted murder are coming to the audience. The second victim bleeds to death after cutting a pound of flesh out his own body. By now we thought we have gotten a pattern on what to expect next, a …show more content…
John Doe’s intelligence, passion and patience to complete his masterpiece is what makes him evil, but what makes him a scarier is his care and meticulousness. He cuts his fingertips off so that he won’t leave fingerprints. He could have just wear a pair of gloves but he choose to inflict pain on himself. That’s how twisted John Doe is. He visits one of his victims every day, caring for his bedsores just enough to keep them from getting infected and killing him. His patience is scary and disturbing. During the chase between John Doe and David Mills, they end up at a truck. There John Doe manages to injure detective Mills and holds him at gun point but decides to let him live in order to complete his master plan. The commitment he shows is also disturbing. The first time we see John Doe aside from a chase scene with no face showing, is when he walks into the police station with his hands covered in blood to turn himself in. From that point on, he is handcuffs. By not seeing him kill any of his victims, we slowly start to imagine him killing his victims in such a gruesome way, it makes us hate and fear of what to come next from John