When I bought my legitimate copy of Zodiac yesterday I was looking forward to sitting down and being thrilled by this film. Director David Fincher - who’s previous works include Fight Club and Panic Room was one of the main reasons I decided to buy this film.
I wasn’t really sure what to expect as I didn’t know the story (which is apparently based on true accounts) so I went in to the film blind. To my knowledge all I knew was that there was a serial killer that calls himself “The Zodiac”. Usually serial killer films wet my whistle and during the first hour I wasn’t disappointed.
The tone of the film is dark and you get the feeling of emptiness when you watch it, very rarely does anyone raise their voice above 2 decibels but thats what I expected of the film. The first few killings were quite graphic, especially a scene by the lake where you see a young couple get stabbed.
Unfortunately my general feelings towards the film were gradually poisoned as the movie just seemed to drag on with very little actually happening. The cut scenes jump between 1 hour to 4 and a half years in a matter of minutes which can be a little confusing (especially as Robert Downing Jr seems to be the only person to actually age throughout the film).
The film is well directed and the acting is worthy of certain gold awards but for me not enough happened, maybe thats what the point of the film was, not to give too much away but the film does just end very suddenly leaving you to read 4 pages of size 4 type on the sceen.
Overall I did like the film but I have no intention to ever watch this again. I would give this film a 7 out of 10.
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