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A humorous article that explores the possibilities of what's in the box that Brad Pitt's character asks about in David Fincher's movie Se7en. The authors offer their own guesses, from Gwyneth Paltrow's head to a slip of paper with the city name, and mock the film's plot and awards.
Feb 9, 2024 · The ending of the film Seven goes beyond the shocking reveal of the severed head in a box, reflecting the movie's themes of cynicism, violence, and fear of the world. Detective Mills' act of ...
- David Fincher
- Senior Features Writer
- Brad Pitt
- Se7en Plot Synopsis
- What Secret Is Tracy Keeping from Her Husband?
- How Do The Murders Begin?
- Who Is The Murderer?
- Why Does Doe Turn Himself in?
- What Happens During The Climax of The Movie?
- What’s in The Box?
- What Were The Alternate Endings to Se7en?
Written by David Fincher, Se7en is a simple but bleak crime thriller, centering on two detectives – a rookie and a veteran – who work together to hunt a serial killer. This killer is using the seven deadly sins as his motives, going after those he deems need to be treated a lesson. Unfortunately, this brilliant mastermind has his own ideas on how t...
The story begins with soon-to-retire Detective Lieutenant William Somerset teaming up with idealistic detective, David Mills. He’s just moved there with his wife Tracy, who happens to be pregnant. Only, she hasn’t actually told her husband yet but does confide in Somerset, whom she grows closer to. The pair have similar ideas about the town she’s m...
The first crime scene we’re introduced to is absolutely grim and it’s such an iconic scene that avid film-goers will recognize it from the cinema shot in 2003’s The Butterfly Effect. Anyway, the pair arrive at a rank kitchen where an obese man has been forced to eat until his stomach bursts. His ankles and wrists are bound while a bucket under the ...
Somerset and Mills use library records to identity a John Doe and track him to his apartment. He seems to be the right guy too, and as Mills gives chase, he falls and injures his arm. Unfortunately, he’s also struck in the head with a tire iron before having a gun placed to his head. The killer doesn’t shoot though, given we know he’s instrumental ...
As the film progresses, Somerset and Mills are caught off-guard by Doe turning himself in to police, covered in the blood of an unidentified victim. He offers to confess his crime on one condition – Mills and Somerset drive him to a secret location where the victims of Envy and Wrath are buried. If not, then he’ll plead insanity. Somerset is wary b...
Eventually the trio make it to a remote, deserted area. Minutes after their arrival, a delivery van approaches. Mills holds Doe at gunpoint while Somerset is given a box by the driver, instructed by Doe to bring that to this location for “a guy called David.” Somerset opens the box… and immediately tells Mills to stay back. This is the final game, ...
Se7en ends with a devastating big reveal, as it turns out Doe has decapitated Mills’ pregnant wife and her severed head is what’s in the box. With Mills distraught and overcome with grief, Doe taunts him further, revealing that Tracy was pregnant. Doe is sickeningly delighted to learn Mills had no knowledge of this and urges Mills to kill him. Some...
We’ve all seen examples of studio interference absolutely butchering a movie and its original screenplay. Seven was almost changed radically from the ending we received. The ending was actually re-written several times as the studio was uncomfortable with the bleakness of the conclusion to the movie and wanted to soften it up. In one version, addit...
Nov 15, 2021 · David Fincher's 1995 thriller Se7en explores the intersection of art, violence, and morality through the lens of a serial killer who leaves grisly clues inspired by famous paintings. The film is a masterpiece of genre cinema that challenges the audience to confront the darkest aspects of human nature.
- Adam Nayman
Sep 29, 2019 · A classic scene from David Fincher's serial-killer thriller, where a killer reveals his motive and a detective shoots him dead. Read the dialogue, watch the video, and learn the meaning behind the box and the seven sins.
