A very good movie

Since I kept hearing some really good things about this movie, I was really eager to check it out. Well, eventually, it really deserved its solid reputation and it has been a while since I saw such a strong thriller. Indeed, it was basically a fascinating character study about a massive sociopath living  in a dark and nihilistic world. Eventually, the scariest thing was not Louis Bloom himself but the fact that the whole thing was just so damned realistic. Indeed, I was worried that, at some point, the main character would go even further and would kill someone just to get a good story but, fortunately, they never made this mistake. The interesting thing is that many people thought that Bloom was despicable but, to be honest, the guy didn't really bother me so much. Basically, he just did his job and nobody forced the TV station to buy his videos and nobody forced the audience to watch them afterwards. His job was however despicable, that's for sure, and our world, apparently craving for these kind of images, is pretty sick and it is definitely one of the reasons why I barely watch the news nowadays. Of course, I shouldn't forget to mention that Jake Gyllenhaal was once again really impressive in this movie. To conclude, it was a terrific directing debut for Dan Gilroy and the damned thing is definitely worth a look.

8/10