Pretty Awesome

Rating: 9/10 (28 February 2015)

As a European it's kind of hard to relate to this movie at the beginning, we're not used to that much of a media impact. Especially the first scene where the cops rescue the girl from the car crash, I would literally beat the crap out of those reporters. Nevertheless this is a great and very dark movie with excellent cast and very good performances. Jake Gyllenhaal is insanely believable in his role and should have been rewarded with an Oscar nod. I still don't understand how this film received less admiration than American Sniper, this is by far the better movie with the far more talented lead actor and cast. If you haven't seen this one yet do it right away. Unless you're looking for switch-your-brain-of popcorn movies, you'd be disappointed by this one.