It’s hard to know where The Killer will stand in the ranking of David Fincher’s work, but one odd pattern in the director’s filmography hints at the film being a classic. David Fincher has one of the most distinctive and engaging styles of any filmmaker working today. After a hugely successful career as a music video director, Fincher’s first film, Alien 3 was a catalyzing mess, bogged down by script changes and studio interference. His next was Se7en, a pitch-black crime thriller from screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, which rocketed Fincher into filmmaking stardom. With these two films, Fincher unwittingly set up a trend that has followed him his entire career.
