A psychopathic satire of the American dream

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2015)

It is difficult to find any flaw with this film. Jake Gyllenhaal is fantastic in this, easily outperforming Donnie Darko, all the other characters (the few that they are) are perfect support, the direction is good, the soundtrack appropriate. Everything, just great. But as I am prone to do, I rate highest the story, which is simple, but to the point, a perfect satire of the American dream.
The main character is a textbook psychopath. He feels no remorse or empathy, has an above average intelligence and his only goal (as far as the movie goes) is to make money. We see him as a lowly thief at the beginning of the film, stealing and selling wire fence, but he quickly evolves as he finds his niche: nightcrawling, which is driving as fast as possible to 911 call locations and recording video to be sold to TV stations. In everything he does he uses and speaks corporate clichés on how to improve your business and, if you ignore the ethical and moral, as he does, he does everything perfectly well and "by the book".
The ending of the film disappointed many, but I think it was the perfect twisting it in. Can't say much about it without spoiling it, but for me it cemented the pure satirical purpose of the movie. Do watch it: great performances, slow rise of tension and a constant feeling of wrongness, like things are not really like that, up to the end, where you finally get it and feel disappointed not by the movie, but by the real world.