Flawless Script, Fantastic Performance

Rating: 8/10 (24 August 2018)

Nightcrawler, in the hands of a less able director, would have been a terrible mistake of a film with no clear understanding of its ambitions or motives. Thankfully, Dan Gilroy leads us effortlessly through this slick flick about a not-so-good guy doing the best he can to survive, played excellently by Jake Gyllenhaal in an Oscar worthy performance. The script never lets up; everytime we find Lou doing something amoral, he steps up the game by doing something worse still.
And it's all mesmerizing.