A Sinister Creature of the Night
"Nightcrawler" is a film about the marginal types who come alive at night to earn their living off others' misery. No, they're not vampires. They are guys with police scanners and digital cameras who wait for reports of murder, fire, automobile accidents, or other human misfortune, and then rush to the scene, camera at the ready, to shoot lurid video and sell it to local network news programs for big bucks.<br /><br />Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a petty thief whose attempts to find honest work have failed. Stopping by a freeway accident one night, he sees an independent video crew photographing the event, asks a few questions of the two-man team, and becomes convinced that this is the job for him. He obtains an inexpensive camera and takes on an "intern," Rick (Riz Ahmed) to help on his late night quests. Bloom plays up the position and the career opportunities awaiting Rick. Rick agrees to assist at a low per-night dollar amount.<br /><br />Bloom develops a relationship with Nina Romina (Rene Russo), the news director at the lowest-rated local news program in Los Angeles. She likes the often grisly footage he brings her and, always ratings-conscious,  is willing to pay well for it. Bloom's ability to deliver such footage coincides with the station's desperate need to attract a larger audience.<br /><br />As Bloom improves his equipment and learns about better camera angles, he begins to choreograph crime scenes to his advantage. He'll move a body to get a better shot, and tail wanted criminals so they can be apprehended in a setting that would be more dramatic for television. We see that he is not merely ambitious. He just might be sociopathic. He is a loner who regards bodies as important ingredients for footage he can sell. He expresses little human concern for others' suffering, misfortune, and even death. But he doesn't cross the line until, instead of merely covering the news, he decides to create it.<br /><br />In Bloom, writer/director Dan Gilroy has fashioned a central character reminiscent of Travis Bickle ("Taxi Driver") and Rupert Pupkin ("King of Comedy"). All are obsessed in some disturbing way. With Bloom, it's bloody footage. He equates his worth as a person with the footage he takes. After a while, payment is not enough. He wants recognition, introductions to station personnel, and a relationship with Nina that goes beyond professional.<br /><br />Mr. Gyllenhaal turns in a cold, distant performance as Bloom. We seldom see the character in the daytime, which is when he says he is in front of the computer learning about business plans, motivational techniques, and rising up the ladder of success. When Bloom speaks, he sounds like a self-help book, but coming from his mouth, you can see he believes completely what he is saying and takes everything literally. What is missing from his character is humanity.<br /><br />Oh, he will smile, but it's the kind of smile that how-to books suggest for making useful business connections. That we first see him stealing metal fencing and expensive bicycles indicates his lack of a moral core. When he gets into the business of shooting crime scene footage, he is just as amoral, thinking only of how he can enhance the value of the footage he will attempt to sell.<br /><br />Ms. Russo plays a tough businesswoman who finds herself in a difficult position. Nina's job security strengthens with each piece of grim footage that she airs, but when Bloom lays out what he'd like their relationship to be, she is caught between personal life and career, with Bloom successfully and creepily jockeying himself into both.<br /><br />"Nightcrawler" is aptly named. The movie focuses on a job that many people would regard not only as distasteful but exploitative of victims. Bloom makes his livelihood from these people. The greater the misfortune, the more TV-friendly it is, and the greater profit to be made.<br /><br />Rated R for graphic violence and strong language, "Nightcrawler" takes the viewer to a world of the unglamorous, the pathetic, and the violent.<br /><br />Bonus features on the 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack include a making-of featurette, feature commentary with writer/director Dan Gilroy, and a digital copy.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : 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..