Seven

Director: David Fincher
Year: 1995
Genre: Psychological thriller

Seven is a film about two police men and their fight against a deranged psychopath who is bent on committing seven gruesome murders in accordance with the seven deadly sins:
gluttony
greed
sloth
envy
wrath
pride
lust
i think that the director has used this classic piece of literature as a base for the film to exaggerate the insanity of the villain. all of the murders were done brutally and we later find out that the murderer is very well educated and independently wealthy, all of these factors make him seem much more ominous and threatening. the story has a very restricted narrative in that we are never any the wiser than the detectives and we are therefore put in their place.