Freeman plays Detective Somerset, an officer a week from retirement with a new case on his doorstep. As if the obese man's gruesome murder wasn't bad enough, he has to help train a much younger detective, Mills (Pitt), who just transferred to the city from, apparently, a somewhat quiet country station. While Mills has been a homicide detective for a while now, he isn't nearly as prepared for what the city will throw at him as he thinks he is.
As it turns out, the large man who was forced to eat himself to death is only the start of a string of murders that has the victims dying by their own sins, and each one is labeled by the sin they are guilty of. As the murders start with gluttony and move on to greed and pride, Somerset and Mills actually start to get to know each other, and Somerset even gets to meet the new detective's wife, Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow), who seems like a small character at first, but eventually plays a major role.
The film's dark and gritty nature comes through perfectly in Blu-ray high definition. Not only are the scenes like Gluttony's rancid apartment too visible to bear, but scenes like the final showdown in the desert are bright and high in contrast. I can't tell if the Blu-ray version of Se7en was a re-scan of the original film, or a really good up-scaling from the movie's Platinum DVD Series release in 2000, but either way, it looks great.
Se7en comes with tons of extra features, though a lot of them might appeal more to aspiring filmmakers more than average-Joe fans of the movie. Outside of the four different commentaries and tons of deleted scenes, there are also extras that cover everything from the original opening and closing sequences, as well as multiple camera angles for a lot of scenes and narrated photos and stills from the set. There is just a staggering amount of extras included here, but as far as I can tell, all of it was previously released on the Platinum Series edition, and the only really new feature here is the Blu-ray Book aspect of the packaging.
The Blu-ray Book pages includes text on the film's "nameless city," to its actors and director (David Fincher) and more. So far, I haven't been disappointed with the added content I've found in these Blu-ray Books, and Se7en's version is no exception. While the release doesn't really offer anything new to those who happen to own the latest DVD release, the better visual and audio qualities of the Blu-ray version are enough to warrant the re-purchase, which isn't something I often say.
