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Nightcrawler Review

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The further you go, the darker it gets.. Although throughout 2014 already we have had great thrillers such as 'Transcendence' and 'Gone Girl' which itself explores the wild misconceptions and dangerous influences of the media, 'Nightcrawler' goes beyond that and explores another even more corrupt slant of the entity's nature; boldly capitalizing on the popularity of crime television (violence, murder, blood, fires, gunshots). ' 'Nightcrawler' follows Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhall) as he climbs up the ladder of success from being a rock-bottom thief selling scrap for any amount of money he can get, to being a freelance videographer for a T.V news channel; ambitiously fixating himself to the streets of L.A in the dead of night shooting for the most shocking and  risqué footage he can get away with. Lacking a formal education and adequate work experience, Bloom is truly a victim of the unfair modern job market/unemployment. Uncannily cr...