Written By- James Vanderbilt; Based on the Book "Zodiac" By Robert Graysmith
Starring- Jake Gyllenhall, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.
Critics Review- "Make no mistake, you will be hooked and creeped out big time." Peter Travers "Rolling Stones"
Out of a possible of 5 stars- 5 Stars
My Review-
The Zodiac Killer, remain unidentified to this day. In this film directed by David Fincher gives us a look at the start of the Zodiac murders and the cops and journalists that dealt with it through the point-of-view of a cartoonist by the name of Robert Graysmith, portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal. This film will keep you right along with the police and journalists trying to figure who is this person who is calling himself "The Zodiac". You have the evidence and letters like the police do, the way that Fincher did this is like you as an audience member are trying to solve this mystery. The reason I had chosen this movie is that I had started it a few years back and never finished watching it, but I was always wanting to know about this mystery of the zodiac murders. With this film for me it was well written and well acted by the actors in the film, that had an amazing cast that seemed like nobody else could play that parts better than they could. From start to finish this movie had me hooked, and for being 15 mins short of three hours that's pretty good for a movie that is like this. Each actor played their character perfectly, and without missing a beat especially RDJ, who seemed like his normal smart ass self that he usually portrays in his movies, and some actors that were surprisingly good in this type of film. What kept me more interested is that the mystery of one person of interest that kept coming up and you would second guess yourself or along with the characters in the film were hoping that it would be this person, who matches all the evidence that has turned up and then your like okay lets go back and review what happened on these certain dates that match this piece of evidence and this other piece of evidence. It's these times of movies that are not being made anymore now a days and that we need more of, movies that can make us think and try to solve the mystery as well. This movie kept me thinking the whole way and when it was over, I actually wanted it to go a little longer. This one film that I file next to my favorite David Fincher films, This movie was almost like Fincher's second film Se7en, kept you trying to solve the mystery of who was the murderer, but unlike Se7en the creepy thing is that Zodiac is a true story, and "The Zodiac" killer was never caught and the case remains unsolved to this day.
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