Disturbing, yet thrilling!

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2014)

Nightcrawler is definitely one of the best suspenseful and thrilling movies I have seen in a very long time. We have Lou, a newly self-employed camera man with a cheap camera and police scanner , who consistently is pushing the limits to get first-hand photos of crime scenes. The whole movie you are waiting to see if he has any kind of conscious and if there is a line he wouldn't cross. The whole movie Lou is working against other people to get to the scene before they do, so he can get the first shot. Watching it you're wondering, if this about his dedication to his job or is this becoming a sick obsession? *POTENTIAL SPOILER* An example of this "obsession" is that at one point in the movie,, he managed to have another photographer and his crew to be killed so he could be the "top dog" and to eliminate his competition. Another example is when he witnesses men kill a family and instead of calling 911, he goes into the house and takes the first pictures of the dead bodies. This movie has a mixture of a Gothic and noir feel. It is dark, unsettling, and just plain scary. A lot of the movie takes place at night, when the crimes occur so there isn't a great deal of lighting. The movie presents a good balance between suspense and action, that keeps you right on the edge of your seat.