It's very takly similar to The Good Shepard. The soundtrack is great. The cinematography is top notch. There's a few aerial shots that are quite impressive including 1 of the GGB that I wish I had framed on my wall at home. There's also a sped up shot of the Transamerica building being built that looked great & helped break the monotony of the rest of the movie.

Those thinking this will be similar to Se7en are in for quite a shock. If I remember correctly there's only 3.5 scenes of Z in action & they all happen pretty early in the movie. Most of the movie focuses on the cooperation between the law enforcement agencies of the different cities that Z "supposedly" committed crimes in. As well as the media, represented largely by Robert Downey Jr. who continues to be on a roll as of late. Mark Ruffalo & Anthony Edwards make for a nice buddy cop tandem but they should've cast someone else besides Dermont Mulroney as their boss. Jake Gyllenhaal (whose character wrote the book the movie was based on) does a good job as well but doesn't really take center stage till the 3rd act & by that time he's pretty much just retreading similar territory Ruffalo & Edwards explored earlier. I just stopped caring after awhile & perhaps that's due to the fact that I already know that the case is still unresolved.

Overall I give it a B- as I think it could've been edited down better. The 2 hour 40 minute running time really started to wear on me after awhile. And the ending of course leaves you hangin.