Louis Bloom: American

Rating: 9/10 (25 May 2015)

People who think of Louis Bloom as the 'bad guy' got it wrong. He is an American. He is what we are becoming. A people who care more about our own, individual advancement than the behavior it takes to get there. People who sacrifice others for obscene profit. People who care nothing for others, use them and then discard them when they threaten to become a liability.
There are, though, two villains here. The mass media which has a political agenda against the poor, working people and people of color, and their audience which thrives on film of a bloody car crash but care nothing about a million dead in Iraq because of our invasion or that our government is supporting murderous Nazis in Ukraine.
Excellent acting. Great script. This is a powerful and disturbing film and a great opportunity to read between some lines.