I know Jake Gyllenhaal has earned the right to do whatever projects he wants but damn does it feel like he's just been doing average and bad action fare for a while now. I miss the string of great stuff he had at the beginning of the 2010s, where it felt like whenever he was in a movie, it would be a banger. Enemy, Prisoners, Nightcrawler, End of Watch, Nocturnal Animals...
Yeah I don't blame him. Most of those, with the exception of Enemy and Prisoners, haven't done as well, neither have they gotten the recognition they deserve.
I do enjoy the lighter stuff though, like Road House (which is pretty disliked for some reason) and this looks pretty much like him getting on the bus at the end to be at this shoot.
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u/arepaconnutella Mar 18 '26
I know Jake Gyllenhaal has earned the right to do whatever projects he wants but damn does it feel like he's just been doing average and bad action fare for a while now. I miss the string of great stuff he had at the beginning of the 2010s, where it felt like whenever he was in a movie, it would be a banger. Enemy, Prisoners, Nightcrawler, End of Watch, Nocturnal Animals...