Intense and unique thriller/charcter study

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2018)

This was a good one, dark unique storyline, which sees Jake Gyllenhaal as a shady crime journalist. Armed with a camcorder and police scanner he records violent events late at night in Los Angeles and sells the footage to a local television news station. Going to ever increasing lengths to capture car crashes, fires, murder and mayhem 'Lois' eventually films the aftermath of a violent home invasion, the resulting police investigation threatens to turn deadly.
Jake Gyllenhaal was amazing in this; gaunt, brilliant, obsessed, slightly Rainman-ish and crazy. Even the way his character walks is unique. This was also a different story than I'd ever seen before which is so refreshing in this day of endless remakes, CGI fests and superhero movies.
I was also impressed with Rene Russo as 'Nina' the news director who mentors Lois, welcoming his grisly crime photo footage as a chance to raise her station's ratings. Their relationships really shows Lois' rise to power. Bill Paxton has a small role as a fellow nightcrawler.
Will watch this one again.