Nominated for
numerous awards—which are well deserved—this crime thriller is one movie you’ll
watch, and it will stick with you. The characters are memorable, and the plot and
the direction deliver a masterclass in storytelling.
The movie tells
the life of a sociopath who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. The
extent to which he’ll go is not beyond his sociopathic needs, and, as you can
guess, he doesn’t care who gets hurt along the way.
The movie is
tragic and thrilling, and the sad events that occur at various intervals will
make you sit still and wish harm would come to the lead character, Lou Bloom
(Jake Gyllenhaal). The movie is written and directed by Dan Gilroy in his
directorial debut, and it stars his wife, the 60-year-old and still beautiful
Rene Russo.
Jake Gyllenhaal
had to lose 20 pounds for the movie, which is obvious from the first scene. Lou
starts his career as a petty thief, stealing what he can to sell so he can
survive. He comes across Joe Loder (Bill Paxton) on his way home. Joe is an
independent news cameraman, and Lou sees him capturing footage of a crash. He
asks how much Joe was paid for it and decides that making the news is going to
be more financially promising than stealing.
Lou starts off
small, capturing the aftermath of a carjacking. He then offers the footage to a
local TV station, which is ready to pay for the clip. The TV station uses the
clip in their morning news, and the news director, Nina (Rene Russo), who buys
the footage, encourages Lou to keep shooting and bring the clips to her first.
Lou soon
discovers that to get the top—and only—footage of violent incidents, he has to
be at the crime scene on time. So, he hires an assistant, Rick (Riz Ahmed), to
direct him through traffic.
Lou later
realizes that his clips are causing the ratings of the news show to rise and
decides to twist Nina’s arm for more money—and her body.
The movie shows
that being around a sociopath is only to your detriment. Nightcrawler ended
in a way I wouldn’t have guessed, and I was truly thrilled by the events.
A box office hit and a definite award grabber, this is a movie you should see before the year runs out.
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