Closer in spirit to the media - amplified perversity of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy,
Nightcrawler feels like a major portrait of a sick, insatiable appetite.
Not exact matches
Written and directed by Dan Gilroy,
Nightcrawler starts out like a gloomy crime thriller, and has the dark, moody
feel of a 1970s conspiracy thriller.
Nightcrawler very much
feels like a film from the early 90's.
Solid look at how the X-Men came to be - Stellar Cameos - January Jones looks rockin» in go - go boots Cons: - The original X-Men were not used - Some of the dumbest characters were chosen for this film - Azazel» action sequences couldn't hold a light to
Nightcrawler» in X2 - The action overall
felt held back and the film lacked any «real» edge - The ending was too predictable and too conveniently wrapped up Impressions: Matthew Vaughn is an incredible director and Brian Singer has done solid work with this material.
He's in a film that has been consistently over-performing (
Nightcrawler just netted BAFTA noms for Editing, Original Screenplay and Rene Russo in Supporting Actress) and, to me, he
feels solid.
The hard - hitting boxing drama is already being spoken of in terms of Oscars, especially since many
felt Gyllenhaal was robbed of a nomination this year for «
Nightcrawler.»
Nightcrawler is the directing debut of screenwriter Dan Gilroy (The Bourne Legacy, co-written with his brother, Tony Gilroy, who also directed), and whatever I may think about the movie (and I am not as big a fan as the rest of the world), it does not
feel like a first movie.
These vary depending on the gift of the character, such as fire attacks from Himeno or a teleport gift from Agito that
feels earily similar to
Nightcrawler.
This teleporting power made you
feel like
Nightcrawler if he went straight up cray and started filleting fools like steaks.