Gyllenhaal makes it, the ending breaks it

Rating: 6/10 (15 August 2019)

What a performance by Jake Gyllenhaal. He is terrifying yet friendly, and his character's progression is superb. He goes from small time criminal, who is just trying to get out of crime and into legitimate work, into a bona fide psychopath. Gyllenhaal's voice and expressions make him legitimately scary, but it could have been so much more. His character faces no repercussions, even though there was plenty of opportunities to give us something. I'm all for the bad guy getting away, but this seemed a bit underwhelming. It almost felt as they they were planning something bad to happen, but in the end ran out of time and decided to leave him to get away with it. Fantastic directorial debut though.