Zodiac
Sunday, March 04, 2007
The Zodiac killer went on a random killing spree in California in the late 1960's. For years, he sent taunting letters to the press, threatening to kill again and again. This movie, directed by David Fincher, chronicles the horror and chaos that gripped California at the height of Zodiac's killing spree.
Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Robert Graysmith, a cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle who becomes obsessed with unmasking the Zodiac killer. Graysmith befriends the report who's assigned to the case, Paul Avery, played by Robert Downey Jr. As Zodiac's threatening letters continue to pour in, investigators follow lead after lead. They even come close to making an arrest, but the years go by and the case grows cold. The hunt for the Zodiac becomes yesterday's news, but Graysmith is still interested. He digs up files, works with police and goes on numerous interviews in the hopes of finding the mysterious killer. As he dedicates his life to finding Zodiac, he loses his job and his marriage crumbles.
The casting of "Zodiac" is right on. Gyllenhaal flawlessly performs as an amateur detective and Downey Jr. is amazingly good as a self-destructing reporter. With a running time of 158 minutes, "Zodiac" is a bit long. Some of Graysmith's detective work gets arather confusing and could have been cut shorter. Despite the time issue, "Zodiac" is a great film. The murder scenes make you pray for the Zodiac to be caught and the injustice of knowing that an arrest was never made makes you hope that the Zodiac is long dead and buried.
GRADE: A-
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