Nightcrawler, beware the beast in black - 95

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2020)

Dan Gilroy has written a masterpiece of a script all by himself and makes his debut as a director - a very impressive work to say the least. The fierce satire that "Nightcrawler" targets modern media coverage and the lack of morality in news ethics is far from misguided, but is sometimes maybe hammered in a little too well. Despite this, "Nightcrawler" is a film that neatly and effectively shows the morbid thirst of all the people involved. And is an extremely vibrant thriller that manages to offer an equal dose of night-black social satire.
With an very fascinating character, Lou that is in the moral darkness in which he ends up and see how far he actually goes is an equally refined and entertaining experience. With his studied and psychopathic behaviour, almost manic appearance, an extremely unpleasant person is created, as the slender Gyllenhaal portrays with brilliance.