Zodiac (10/10) Revisited

Before "The Social Network" came out I'd have called "Zodiac" David Fincher's masterpiece. That he could pride himself on making movie that toped a genre and became a game changer. Saying "Zodiac" is his best is a bold statement. The film was a box office bust in the USA, received no major award nominations and this was the man that brought us "Fight Club" and "Se7en".  Now don't get me wrong on those two other movies, they're masterpieces in their own right. It's that "Zodiac" is one of the greatest crafted movies of all time. There is not a thing negative I can say about the movie. The movie is as much  wild dream as it is a cold hard mystery. It's slick and cool beyond mere words. We are drawn into the movie just as much the people were with the Zodiac Killer.

The movie takes place over several years as California looks for the Zodiac Killer. The man stalked the streets at night in the San Francisco area striking fear into the residents. He sent in ciphers to the local newspapers in a stunt with publicity. Cops, newspaper workers and normal citizens would go on a wild chase after this man. We see several suspects and clues letting us make our own guesses on who the killer is. The best part of it is that we see people we suspect so much we want them to be the killer. We want the case to be over just as much as the people trying to solve it.

This is one of the best crime mysteries out there. It does to the genre what "All The Presidents Men" did to journalism. It does everything right and is thrilling because of it. The film feels so real because it's based off  all facts and transcripts from the case. It's also acted to perfection with such actors as Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo and a bone chilling John Carroll Lynch.The use of digital cinematography makes the film look gorgeous and unlike anything you've seen before. "Zodiac" is one for the ages as a perfect masterpiece.

10/10
Recommendation: Just watch it, it's amazing.