"Get the shot... Steady hands!"

Rating: 9/10 (30 March 2020)

This movie has surprised me in such a positive way. We are told the story of Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) , a sociopath who starts to work as a freelance journalist, and starts to go every night in search of violent incidents to record and sell it to a TV channel.
The direction is very accurate and the writing is magnificent. The story and atmosphere absorb you from the beginning. Dan Gilroy makes a great job in character development. The interactions between the characters are great, especially between Louis and Rick (Riz Ahmed), and Lou's relationship wih Nina (Rene Russo), which evolves in a really dark way, showing what a person is capable of doing when being desperate.
Finally, I have to say that this may be Gyllenhaal's best performance. He masterfully dives into the character and penetrates the viewer so we can even get to understand his way of thinking. The film doesn't leave anyone indifferent.