Hard to find a good thriller these days, Nightcrawler fills the void

Rating: 9/10 (31 January 2015)

Wow! This was one of Jake G's better performances to be honest. I've liked him in Jarhead, End of Watch, Source Code, and Brothers but he out did himself in this one. That's not to say that the other actors weren't just as good, because they were.
In my reviews I like to look at the acting, production quality, the storyline, what I really like, what I didn't like, what they could've done better, and the worthiness of spending time actually watching it and as a further disclaimer there are no spoilers here.
Actors: As I said the acting from an overall point of view was great and on point with Gyllenhaal giving one of his best performances to date.
Production quality: this film was beautifully shot and you can tell they spend a lot of time and money getting it right, definitely not a low budget film and it is aesthetically pleasing to say the least.
Storyline: the storyline was original, haven't seen too many movies that highlight a rogue cameraman who takes videos of what's going on in town and selling it off to the local new stations. The title of thriller/mystery is definitely earned and shows through. The movie has some twist and turns and the things that you think will happen don't happen and the things you'd never expect do but I won't say what, you'll have to find out for yourself. Jake gives a very convincing performance of being that weird neighbor who has too many video cameras and is overly nice to the point where you'd think he was up to something. A lot of blood and gore at times so if that's not your style you might want to shy away from this movie, however, the scenes of such are few but graphic when they occur. Probably don't want to watch this with kids around but it could be worse. The movie starts out kind of slow but picks up the pace as it goes along until the find hour or so when you won't be able to keep your heart rate under 100 because it's just that thrilling and edge of your seat type of movie...eventually. But how it plays out is worth the wait.
What I liked: the acting, the overall quality, the original story that does have plot twists and makes you grip your chair and keeps you on edge What I didn't like: the way it started out because it does start out pretty slow and pretty boring, at least as far as I was concerned that's how I felt about it. Also I didn't like that some of what happens in the movie doesn't have it's loose ends tied up but you could probably pretty accurately how things play out, I guess.
What they could've done better: like I said if they tied up some of the loose ends it would have made the story a little more complete. A little more of a back story of Jake's character wouldn't have hurt either.
Worthiness: there are a lot of crappy movies out there that I've wasted time on that I'll never get back I didn't feel that way after watching this movie. It was worth the near 2 hours that it went on for.
To close, watch this movie! I was glad that I did and you will be glad you did too! One of the best movies of 2015, so far!!!