Film 96 - Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler - 14/11/2014

Apparently, Jake Gyllenhaal is in Nightcrawler, I only saw a guy called Lou Bloom.

A thriller set in the LA Nocturnal habits of TV Video reporters, Lou finds himself relying on police scanners and sirens to locate his next footage feature to sell to a local new station looking for ratings. As Lou begins to realise that the more graphic and brutal the shots, the more money he gets, he starts to develop an eye for the mayhem, a little too much.

Nightcrawler is a dark, disturbing and simply fantastic film, with similarities to Network and Taxi Driver, I was gripped by the developing story and intrigued to know how far Lou would go for his next shot.

As I said at the start of this review, Jake Gyllenhaal was not in this film.  Lou Bloom is such a believable character, you completely forget the Jake is there - brilliantly acted and his psychotic, go get attitude is perfectly portrayed.  

Rene Russo, as Nina, is brutal in her own way.  Wanting to push the station to attain her ratings in order to keep her job, she disregards what should be shown on the media and goes for shock value more than compassion.  Both Jake and Rene together are great to watch

Nightcrawler is simply one of the best films of the year, so far, and I cannot recommend highly enough, if you are of a dark thriller liking nature....if not, then it may be a little too much for some people.

One thing I would say, although I post them on all my reviews, is avoid watching the trailer as this contains some heavy spoilers that do not need to be in there.