"Remember, use yours zoom, steady hands"

Rating: 10/10 (29 November 2014)

Louis Bloom is something of a loner, a true sociopath, lacking any kind of empathy for anyone. In fact the only living thing he seems to show care for is his house plant that has pride of place next to the TV. He lives out of stealing and then reselling copper wire, fencing and most anything else he can get his hands on. One day he witnesses an accident and while the medics helps the driver, some men show up and record the whole thing. He learns that they intend to sell the footage to a TV news program, he thinks he may have found something he would be good at. He steals a bike to afford an video camera and a police radio and is soon spending his nights racing to accidents and crime scenes.
The film follows him on this journey and for each story he films he push the boundaries of legality and morality that little bit further, until he's trespassing, moving dead bodies, and even sabotaging rivals. Here you can see he's lack of empathy, he doesn't care victims at all. As long as he can get the best shot of them to earn him the most money.
Straight up, Jake Gyllenhaal was amazing. It's his best performance to date maybe even in his career he's been putting up some great performances before (Donnie darko, Prisoners, Enemy etc). Just all the details he puts in as his creepy grin and weird finger pointing and how he almost never blinks. Lou is one of the least likable character you seen in a long time thanks to him. I do hope he gets Academy award for this one, something he deserved for a long time.
What a directorial debut of Dan Gilroy. The directing was amazing, how each scene gave emotion. This is everything but a normal Hollywood film and constantly will surprise you (in a good way). The story is very well written and very original, the script is thrilling and intense, but funny at the same time. The humor is subtle and dark and everyone won't will get it. My theater had about 7-10 people. Only three people including me who laughed. Something a thought about was how good the cinematography is. The cinematographer really captured this mood of this underground LA with some amazing shots.
So to round this of, this film was the best I seen in a long time. I rate it 9.5/10.