His movie, unlike Se7en, is based in reality. Hancock, however, directs with unusual flair. But The Little Things never probes its characters with the sort of morbid glee that Fincher showed in his film - it is far more conventional in its approach. The similarities between the two films are far too obvious to completely ignore and certainly, on more than one occasion, they hardly feel coincidental. There is even a meeting with Jimmy’s wife although their meal isn’t interrupted by the sound of a passing train. As Joe and Jimmy close in on a suspect, played by Jared Leto, their relationship becomes very similar to that of detectives Somerset and Mills in Fincher’s crime classic. Here, he takes over the Morgan Freeman role. The part, of course, eventually went to Brad Pitt. Interestingly, Denzel passed on playing Detective Mills in that film. Hancock, however, has maintained that he wrote the first draft of The Little Things in 1993, before Andrew Kevin Walker wrote Se7en. It’s endlessly engaging to watch the brash young Jimmy's interactions with the considerably more cynical Joe, especially when you consider that the veteran sees himself in his more youthful counterpart.įilms like The Little Things, derivative as they may be of David Fincher’s Se7en, are enjoyable because they’re an endangered species.
Jimmy Baxter, played by Rami Malek, was Deke’s replacement, and is, in many ways, the department’s hottest new toy. So he takes a few vacation days and begins aiding the detective in charge on the down-low. The killer is back on the prowl, and so is Deke. There, he learns that another murder has been committed the modus operandi seems very familiar. On one of his courier jobs, he’s sent back to his old stomping grounds, the homicide division in LA. Years later, Deke is a sheriff’s deputy, performing menial tasks like collecting paperwork, and investigating petty crime.
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