Stringing along..."NIGHTCRAWLER".

Rating: 8/10 (17 February 2015)

As a lover of movies depicting real life and it's complexities, and as someone who actually did sell a picture caught of a major drug lord crying after sentencing for the importation of tons of Cannabis- I know how satisfying seeing something YOU did- no one else- YOU shown in public and being praised for it can be. Jake Gyllenhaal does an amazing job as a very determined "stringer"- a person who follows emergency services- police, fire, and medical to video tape the event and sell it to news channels through-out Southern California. He realizes he is good at this- so good he becomes a different person. Cold, calculating, and brutally honest in his quest for glory. Rene Russo stars as his target news director at the worst news channel in the whole viewing area. It's difficult to review this movie without "spoiling" it. So, in the spirit of keeping this movie well worth the watch- I will say this...see "NIGHTCRAWLER". Great movie, great acting, great job by the director of many great movies. A "Must See" for any true movie lover.