Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
The box full of photographs at the "sloth" scene has written on the side "To the World, from Me."
Detective Taylor:
Neighbors heard them screaming at each other, like for two hours, and it was nothing new. Then they heard the gun go off, both barrels. Crime of passion.
William Somerset:
Yeah, just look at all the passion on that wall.
In the library, when Somerset is folding a print of Dante's Purgatory, a mistake in the roman numerals can be seen. The lustful and the gluttonous, although in proper roman numeral order, need to be swapped around on the list.
SPOILER: Kevin Spacey's name is not included in the opening titles to keep the John Doe intrigue going. To compensate, he is listed twice in the closing credits: once before the credits start rolling and once in the rolling credits in order of appearance.
English
£11,434,343 (UK) (19 January 1996)
$100,125,643 (USA)