Much like Fight Club, David Fincher’s Zodiac was not given the recognition it deserved upon its release. Though it’s only been a few years, I already find that people are beginning to discover how brilliant and important this film is. Jake Gyllenhaal portrays Robert Graysmith, a cartoonist working at the San Francisco Chronicle who becomes obsessed with the letters and ciphers the Zodiac killer sends to the paper in the 1960s and 70s. Robert Downey, Jr. plays journalist Robert Avery and Mark Ruffalo portrays Dave Toschi, both men looking to solve the murders. The film is long and brooding, dark in tone and color, and patient. It is not about sensationalizing murder but instead about solving a puzzle, about mind games, about obsession by both a murderer and the people trying to catch him. It will have you on the edge of your seat more than once.
One of the most underrated films of the decade. Glad that you included it on this list.
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