Basic Premise is Totally False

Rating: 2/10 (31 October 2014)

The basic premise of this movie that TV stations show video of blood and guts on the local newscasts is totally wrong and not true. Newscasts (at least those here in Los Angeles---where the movie takes place) do not do that. The local stations go out of their way NOT to show it. Thus, the film's story is hard to get into. However, even if one wants to go along for the ride and believe the premise, the movie is slow getting somewhere exciting. It feels that the movie really begins about 90 minutes into it...it gets somewhat exciting...and then it kinda ends with a whimper. At least Jake Gyllenhall does a great job of portraying a crazy person...his weight loss added to his performance