Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) desperately needed a job; but
none existed for him. He wanted to improve his career status, but it began to
look hopeless. Until driving home late at night he saw police cars and
reporters at an accident where someone was badly hurt.
Lou noticed an aggressive videographer Chris Day (Bill Paxton)
in the middle of all the mayhem taking shots of the gruesome scene; while two
policemen pulled the victim from a burning car before it exploded . He was captivated
and tried to get a job with Chris Day, but Chris rudely shut the van door in
his face. He clearly did not want to share his exclusive film of the accident.
This however, did not stop Lou from perusing what he knew
would be a great career move. He knew the city shines brightest at night and proved rewarding too. He needed a video camera and a police radio; and hired a young guy named
Rick (Riz Ahmed) as the second photographer.
Lou and Rick join the Los Angeles
Nightcrawlers, a group of photographers/videographers who make their money off the misery and
deaths of others. It is a sleazy business being a crime journalist; taking
photos of murders, victims, robberies, traffic accidents, fires, home invasion
and any pandemonium happening.
After the first time arriving at a scene before the police,
Lou recalled how a kid felt at Christmas opening the gifts he wanted. And, this
gave him a career move idea. Lou and Rick arrived on the scene before the
police did, and filmed it. Not caring if he disturbed the crime scene or not.
Lou became super encouraged when Nina (Rene Russo) a
television news network manager told him to call her when he had something. And, the
nights in L.A. would never be the same because Lou was on the crime scenes
before the police and sometimes before the criminals left the crime scene. His
life of Nightcrawling became an obsession and very profitable.
Nina wanted more from Lou and she demanded something earthshattering
so viewers stayed tuned to her network. Nina the opportunist pushed the
Nightcrawler trailblazer to bring her a spectacular film so she surpassed all
her competitors.
This movie opens in the USA October 31st and illuminates
the screen with all the super action and blazing mayhem for the movie fans.
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