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• Crime/detective
• Drama

• 2013
• Dan Gilroy
• 112 mins
• 15

Summary

Crime drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo and Riz Ahmed. Los Angeles loner Louis Bloom makes a living hustling, until one night he observes a freelance news photographer taking photos of a horrific car accident. Inspired by this nocturnal, dog-eat-dog world of "nightcrawling", Bloom buys a video camera and spends his evenings in pursuit of accidents, robberies and fire scenes. However, as Bloom's scoops earn ever-more lucrative payment from local news stations, the line between reporting news and becoming part of it becomes dangerously blurred.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Damon Wise

On the surface, director Dan Gilroy's feature debut is a state-of-the-nation address that uses California - with its lurid early-morning news reports covering car crashes, homicides and shoot-outs - as the rest of the USA in microcosm. However, at its heart, this dark and entertaining neo-noir is a fascinating character study, with a dramatically skinny Jake Gyllenhaal as its antihero, the smart, calculating and possibly sociopathic Louis Bloom. A loner searching for work, Bloom sees his chance when he spots a freelance news crew combing the streets of LA. Investing in a camera, he starts his own career as a video journalist, selling his wares to Nina (Rene Russo), manager of a local TV station. As Bloom's media empire takes off, ethics quickly fall by the wayside, and Nightcrawler begins to reveal itself as a modern morality tale. The nightmares that Bloom is selling are immaterial; what terrifies more is the cut-throat corporate culture that so willingly pays him - and pats him on the back.

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7.8/10

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Cast

rolenameLouis BloomJake GyllenhaalNina RominaRene RussoRickRiz AhmedJoe LoderBill PaxtonFrank KruseKevin RahmDetective FrontieriMichael HyattLindaAnn CusackDetective LiebermanPrice CarsonJackieKathleen YorkJennyCarolyn GilroyDesireeViviana ChavezScratchfaceChad GuerreroReporter Deena RainLisa RemillardReporter Joel BeattyChristopher WolfeBill SewardBill Seward

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rolenameDirectorDan Gilroy

Details

Theatrical distributor

Entertainment One

Released on

2014-10-31

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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