Nightcrawler

I won the Tour de Mexico on this bike. Louis Bloom, a genius yet deranged and deceptive individual, stumbles upon his eudaimonia—nightcrawling. Dan Gilroy gave us the experience of sitting shotgun with a man who lacks the will to stop. Nightcrawler is a thriller fraudulently packed into a basic mixture of the nerve-wracking adventures one could muster in his life lived on the edge of the night's deathly darkness and one suffering from insanity. Still, it grows on you like a parasite to its host, a fine wine not only for Gilroy's filmography and for the cast but also for those who seek the stimulating sensation of nocturnal mischief. I will never get tired of praising Jake Gyllenhaal for how terrifyingly he embodies his character up to the nth degree. And I say no actor could have probably portrayed Lou Bloom's character justice as much as Jake did. From the psychotic way he conveys his ideas to the subtle stare he gives to everyone around him, Jake rarely blinks, and it feels like he is talking to your soul. Also, Jake's complete contrast with Riz Ahmed's Rick gives this film its cherry on top. Their relationship heightens the stakes only the viewers can ever see: that Lou's actions affect the innocent people around him. Nightcrawler's a simple but, at the same time, genius film, and I will never get tired of it.