Very good, and excellent L.A. TV representation

Rating: 9/10 (21 September 2015)

Yes, as many have said, Jake is tremendous in this. So is Renee Russo as the News Director. I also enjoyed the excellent re-creation of LA news stations, with the help of many actual LA anchors who get credits in this drama/thriller. Only CBS 2, KCBS, offers a real station in this movie, the other stations mainly Channel 6, are fictional.
While the movie starts off a bit slow, you can gain sympathy for the Jake Gyllenhaal character as Louis. That won't last.
The POV of this movie though goes to a different place, and that is an indictment of local TV news, at least in LA. While the character studies are very good, the end result is the "system" is at fault.