Rating : 7/10
Release Date : 7th November, 2014
Time : 117 minutes
Director, Writer: Dan Gilroy; Music : James Newton Howard
Starring : Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmad, Bill Paxton
Jake is eerily creepy as the accidental Nightcrawler, a colloquial term used for those freelancers who stay up all night, film scenes of urban crime and then sell any such exclusives to networks. He is determined to climb up the ladder of success and, thanks to the internet, he is armed with all the knowledge he needs to be able to do so.
Rene Russo is one of the network executives who spots something in Jake and its fascinating to see how this symbiotic relationship progresses. Bill Paxton is Jake’s competitor, who unfortunately passes up an opportunity to hire him when he had the chance. And Riz Ahmed is Jake’s mostly terrified employee – who struggles to cope with his drive and also morality – as Jake isn’t about to flinch while cutting a few corners and expects the same from his employees.
Jake, with his slouch, his strange kind of bookish English, his gaunt frame and burning eyes, is most definitely not the kind of guy you would want to cross paths with. He owns the movie, is there in almost every frame and you are riveted as you watch him try to be one step ahead of everyone else. He celebrates the fact that he is single and so is able to do as he chooses. It is fascinating to watch how he negotiates, the insidious way he makes himself indispensable to the network, ingratiates himself with the people working there, realizing the perfect opportunity to pounce or to give up.
It’s a strange world we live in… This film is most of all about the thin line separating right from wrong and how many, in their headlong rush towards success, knowingly cross it many a time. Networks in their chase for ratings, freelancers in their quest to get an exclusive, a close-up of blood to go with your breakfast… There is a sense of foreboding, something sinister throughout this movie and I can assure you, its not entirely misplaced…
13 comments:
Early riser...
I shook off the mists of sleep, in the hope.. Alas ! And I'm bound to say that it was only the utmost resolution that kept me from snuggling into the sheets and calling it a day. I'm not much of a lady now for late hours...
Your dreams..
He earned his money by taking facts and turning them into something valuable, as an alchemist could purportedly turn iron into gold..
He is platinum.. Sometime back he had been the wonder boy of the corporate clandestine world with clout... Helluva task..keep going...takes some horsepower..
He is a man who gets the job done. Always. He is a veteran of many missions.. Smooth, not an ounce of wasted energy..
Goodness Gracious.. QED... am not a Robot ha ha...
Early morning listening to classical music is soothing to the ears....
His writings are inexhaustible sources of bliss, his words have meaning not just grammar and spelling. Depth. Wholesome. You've got to seek and savour it. Each story lingers as an unforgettable experience... A good book should move the heart, not titillate the mind..
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They met after a long time. He smiled. The minds took years to walk the distance. The hearts traversed back in seconds....
Sleep...is much overrated...
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