On Monday, Somerset and Mills investigate an obese man who was forced to eat until his stomach burst, killing him. He is partnered with David Mills, a young, short-tempered, idealistic detective who recently relocated to the city with his wife, Tracy. In an unnamed city overcome with violent crime and corruption, disillusioned police detective William Somerset is one week from retirement. The film's title sequence, which depicts the killer preparing for his actions later in the film, is considered an important design innovation and has also influenced later credit sequences, while the film's twist ending has been named as one of the most shocking and unforgettable in cinematic history. It has been influential in filmmaking, inspiring many imitators of its aesthetic, style, and premise of detectives investigating serial killers with distinctive methods and motives. In the years since its release, consensus on the movie has shifted to general critical praise. Seven revitalized Fincher's career and helped Pitt move from roles based on his appearance to more serious, dramatic roles. Contemporaneous reviews were mixed critics praised Freeman's performance but criticized the film's dark cinematography, explicit and implied violence, and bleak ending. However, it grossed $327.3 million worldwide, becoming a surprise success and the seventh highest-grossing film of the year. Seven garnered middling test audience results and was not predicted to perform well due to its violent and mature content. Principal photography took place in Los Angeles between December 1994 and March 1995, on a $33–$34 million budget. Fincher, determined to re-establish himself after a career setback, was mistakenly sent Walker's original script and, convinced of its merit, committed to directing the project if the original ending remained intact. Studio executives were opposed to the script's bleak conclusion, insisting on a more mainstream and optimistic outcome. His script was optioned by an Italian film company but, following financial difficulties, the rights were sold to New Line Cinema. Walker, an aspiring writer, based Seven on his experiences of moving from a suburban setting to New York City during a period of rising crime and drug addiction in the late 1980s. Set in an unnamed, crime-ridden city, Seven 's narrative follows disenchanted, nearly retired detective William Somerset (Freeman) and his newly transferred partner David Mills (Pitt) as they try to stop a serial killer from executing a series of murders based on the seven deadly sins. It stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and John C. Seven (stylized as Se7en) is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker.
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