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Heavy movie. Not a nail biter, but a solid story, excellent acting, very dark. Add it to the lexicon of biker movie greats. Tom Hardy and Austin Butler are really superb, completely convincing calloused midwestern toughs.

One to watch just because Bridges is in it, and it’s from the 80s. The story is a bit of a tear jerker, too. A little slow at first, but picks up as the love between the two protagonists grow. Yeah, watch it. You won’t be necessarily thrilled. But you won’t be sorry, either.

Deeply thoughtful. Profound conclusion. An intelligent treatment of the possibility of intelligent life, here on earth and beyond.

Jake Gyllenhaal is horrifying as the sociopathic narcissist main character Lewis, who is a conglomeration of all that’s amoral and unethical about the “if it bleeds, it leads” in local and national news casting. Gyllenhaal’s character—that he owns completely—is, frankly, as disturbing as he is disturbed, a quality that only gains unsettling energy with ever scene as the plot progresses. Want to watch something you want to turn off, but can’t? Watch Nightcrawler. You won’t be disappointed.

Disturbing from the first frame, but impossible not to watch. Sandler completely redefines himself as a powerful actor with a completely convincing performance. You pity him, hate him, love him, empathize with him, hope for him . . . It’s truly exhausting to watch. It’s like a 2 hour Complex PTSD trigger. It’s the American Dream turned on its head, inside out, into a nightmare that won’t stop. Perfectly appropriate for our dystopian times.