Nightstalker!

Rating: 7/10 (26 April 2016)

This was a hard one to rate. Yes I liked it, enjoyed it even. But it's just not as original as other reviewers might make out either, some odd guy finds something he's good at and takes it too far, teams up with oddball sidekick etc.
But that aside, it is entertaining and isn't completely cliché. Jake Gyllenhaal is as ever excellent and on form as this sociopath that sometimes made me feel quite sorry for him. An anti hero of sorts.
Things take a slow turn for the worse- get better and then worse again and then better. It is a good ride, but it did feel limited by concept and there are a few questionable plot defects.
That aside, It is gorgeous but echos other films styles such as Drive with it's 80's ish haunting beats and ultra clean shots. I have given it a 7. I would have made it 6.5 if IMDb allowed it but there we go.