well done!

Rating: 10/10 (29 November 2015)

Jake Gyllenhaal gives a fantastic performance once again singling him out as the brightest hope in his generation. If you were wondering where the real movie stars have all gone, this guy is up there with the greats.
Nightcrawler is a dark and brilliantly made film which perfectly satirizes American culture and society. Through the flawless creation of a monster: Lou Bloom - a relentless and dangerous sociopath - we are taken on a breathless journey into the madness of capitalist society's worst characteristics brought to life.
This work is an heir to 'Taxi Driver' but is a better film in many ways. They both share the conceit of following a mentally and socially dysfunctional central character, who literally drives his way through the darker side of American urban life.
I was reminded of Kirk Douglas's character in 'The Bad and The Beautiful' and the evil which drives some people under the guise of ambition.
This film is about voyeurism in many ways, but also simply about evil and how it can seep into people's lives without them expecting it until it is too late.
From a technical point of view Nightcrawler is outrageously good, surely in time its true worth will be acknowledged, neither a small indie art-movie nor a big-budget action film, this is undoubtedly one of the best films to ever come out of Hollywood.