Cert: 15 cert
Director: Dan Gilroy
Screen writer: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal , Michael Papajohn , Marco Rodríguez , Bill Paxton , James Huang , Kent Shocknek , Pat Harvey , Sharon Tay , Rick Garcia , Leah Fredkin , Bill Seward , Rick Chambers , Holly Hannula , Jonny Coyne , Nick Chacon
Running time: 117 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: A man implies he blackmailed an older woman for sex, which is never seen.
Violence & Gore: A man is shot several times in the chest unexpectedly. Not very graphic, but the scene is very emotional and shocking.
The main character films many gruesome deaths on his camera, and even though we don't ever see them for that long they are still graphic and disturbing. Most notably is one shooting of three people in a house. We see a woman lying on her couch dead with bloody shotgun wounds. Disturbing.
The aftermath of a car crash is shown, with one of the victims' body being very bloodied and beaten. He doesn't die, but the scene is still disturbing.
A shootout occurs in a fast food restaurant, and although we don't see any blood we do witness the deaths of several innocent people.
Many cops are shot and killed near the end of the film.
Profanity: 50 uses of fuck, some uses of shit and other milder profanities.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: None
Frightening/Intense Scenes: The main character's descent into madness can be unsettling to some.
There is a lot of manipulation throughout that can get intense and unsettling
The main character is very unpredictable, so some scenes will be very intense because you will not know what will happen next.
Story: NIGHTCRAWLER is a thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling - where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents. Aided by Rene Russo as Nina, a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Likes : "Night crawler" is the kind of film that will catch audiences by surprise with its painstaking thoughtfulness, and features the kind of lead character that will be discussed in film circles who don't detest American cinema and actually give it the benefit of the doubt well your left with this sinking feeling why am i liking this so much as this is a very dark twisted film.
The film's concept plunges the audience into the dark depressive, seedy world of a night crawler, somebody you would call a freelancer video filmier with his or her own equipment and schedule, patrols the streets of crowded cities with multiple police scanners searching for recently-committed crimes in the neighbourhood you can think of.
The object of a night crawler is to get candid and intimate shots of the ugliness of the streets & live that plagues these scenarios as quickly and as neatly as possible and sell them to news stations or eyewitness programs to turn quick profit.
Job requirements include possible insomniac, lack of emotional connection or any immediate empathy to tragedy or horror, exceptional navigational/driving skills, and a load of free time really to become a freelancer its not for everyone as this film show brilliantly.
Jake Gyllenhaal performance in this film is not only haunting but disturbing at the same time as he play a social pathetic guy that hard up looking for something to bring him out of the slum life he find this in the form of freelancing which bring a very dark & twisted tone to the film that make it gritty.I understand that he had to lose weight for this role which kind off add to the intense & dark attitude of the character.
I will say for the director of this film i can see why this could become a classic film in the future as we see amazingly shot scene that look realistic crime scenes and car accidents to boot. Perhaps it's the lack of intimacy many directors lend the audience to these situations, often showing a car accident, and characters limping and trudging along with little bloodshed, but "Nightcrawler" details these scenes with an incredible eye for attention and realism which make it dark & some what of a guilty sense of watching this film because of the graphic nature of the film that we shouldn't be liking so much, the pace can at time be slow but it a film that keep you intrigued in watching to see what will happen next.It a film a can recommend if you are a Jake Gyllenhaal fan this is one of his best performance in a film for a long time
Dislikes : The pace can be a little slow the ending is a little bit of an unending the story like there should be more butapart from that this film was ok.
Overall : Very dark & disturbing film, brilliant performances, worth watching
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 for entertainment / 8.1 out of 10 for concept.
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