Nonureva Really Surprised!

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Sean Newgent Police dramas are a dime-a-dozen in most entertainment mediums. Television is loaded with them and has been for thirty years. The New York Times Bestseller list is usually dominated by them. And, of course, cop films are a favorite of Hollywood. The popularity of the buddy cop genre, thanks to the Lethal Weapon films, has led to dozens of imitators to varying effect. Most of these glamorize the police lifestyle or throw aside reality to provide entertainment. Every once in a while, though, we see a movie like End of Watch that asks us to look at policemen from a variety of angles, not just a heroic lens.Jake Gyllenhall plays Brian Taylor, a beat cop with the LAPD partnered with his best friend Mike Zavala (Michael Pena). The two wind up learning too much about a cartel and become the target of their viciousness.Simple premise. And from the outset you can guess what is going to happen. But the movie isn't traditional in its storytelling. We see everything from body, dashboard, and hand-held camera perspectives giving an almost Cops (the television series) like feel to it all. We the viewers are a part of the action in a way I've never encountered before. Found footage horror films are a subgenre that we've all most likely encountered for good or ill. The idea of applying that to a police film is inventive and interesting, allowing for a close-up and realistic approach to telling what is an otherwise generic and by-the-numbers central plot.What the found footage reveals are two cops who are best friends and brothers who joke around, tell stories, and are entirely human. They aren't portrayed as badass, cool, or any other convention. They're just two humans. And seeing them policing the streets we get a variety of situations that show how tough it is to be a cop. Typically a film like this would have the heroes be above the law or strictly apply it. Here they beat up supposed crooks, they get rowdy when they see something they dislike, they act like dicks. But we also see them heroically rescue children from a burning house and shoot the breeze with local hoods. That multi-dimensional aspect makes the characters interesting, human, and entirely lovable.Add to that the non-cop footage of dates and weddings, major events in the duos life. It's an air of humanity that endears End of Watch and forces you to see the police in a different and more sympathetic light.The acting here is one of the main reasons the film succeeds so well. Gyllenhaal and Pena have such great chemistry and are totally believable as best friends. Given the direction and style on top of the script, it's hard not to be fooled that the two aren't real cops and they aren't ad-libbing every conversation. It's masterful.The ending, as I said at the beginning, is obvious, but it hurts still. That's the sign of a damn good film, when even with a conventional plot line and predictable finale, you still walk away feeling emotional. Because as conventional as the majority of the movie may be, it is entirely unconventional in presentation and delivery.End of Watch is edge-of-your-seat action and drama from start to finish. Fast moving and full of stellar performances, it's the type of dark and unique cop film that breathes life into a tired genre and changes your perspective in unexpected ways. Definitely give this one a watch.

emailuser-25123 Firstly want to apologize before hand as this so called "review" is a bit all over the place. The point should be clear though. hahaThis movie I thought was literally one of the best performances I ever saw. Amazing movie, just the realism the good times the laughter. Why can't we remain on a high note throughout the whole movie?Jake & Michael are epicly paired partner's as for Public-Service Roles in the Police force. A Successor-like-perspective film would be wild stuff. Yet with a General-Bad-Boys like feel would do them very well. To give them the quality of character they both deserve. Not to mention a well thought-out sequel-proof successor film. That's what's key, is to line up this film with many sequel's already lined up. This way you know you can hook along fan's with a continuous highly-interesting story about friends-Police-partner's. Like 48 hours sort-of, but with the epic action and confident/ cocky like behaviors.Sequel? Yes Please. It is well deserved. Heck if not a Sequel, I think the Director should line up both Actor's among others for a similar film. Minus the ending which was horrendous... Like seriously dude? Jake's partner was a super cool dude. That should have never happened to him...Maybe if this successor-like film by the same Director had the "same" relative feel and groove as "Bad Boys". That would be sick dudes! Where Jake has the Ferrari or some souped up muscle car and his partner Michael have relative-general-familiarity of "Bad Boys" character model yet just crazy funny and hilarious throughout. Can't forget the girls either, Fun laughter, Epic Good Times, and lots of beautiful women ;). With epic action scene's but they both make it out totally cool and golden. So then can continue on a sequel of said "General-Successor-Like-Film".The Director of "End Of Watch" did a great job I must say. Other than the ending.. Seriously.. like what?!? Sort-of totally ruined the whole movie for me. Too harsh of a Mega-Downer at the end.Anyway, just saying. Let's see some new and intriguing film from said director of "End Of Watch". Would be HIGHLY-Intriguing.

marsmitchell79 Past reference: I've heard of movies that had a lot of cussing and were actually funny: Harlem Nights. I've heard of movies that had a lot of cussing and were actually pretty good horror films: Nightmare on Elm Street 3. I've heard of movies that had a lot of cussing and could hold your interest or had an invaluable message: American History X or Dark Blue. I've heard of movies with a lot of cussing where most of the bad guys get caught or get caught up and the movie is a quality one: Goodfellas or Casino. This one opens with probably more cussing than any of those movies have early on before they can even get the movie off the ground! The cops(ALL OF THEM) cuss like gangsters and the gangsters cuss like well gangsters and nothing is going on besides an amateur youtube video op early on! Video producers, script writers, actors/actresses, and directors just don't get it; if actors cuss a lot(esp. without anything else going on), some people see your movie as classless or even a confusing pile of dung! Why not eliminate the cussing as much as possible and leave it up to people's imagination?! Mature people know some people cuss a lot, but why burden us with this and not cover it like you do in almost all love scenes?! Even if a movie is an all time great movie, cussing makes me just cringe and not want to watch anymore or for a long, long while or again! I definitely am FAR less likely to recommend a movie if there's a lot of cussing! Why cater to people that aren't discerning when most of these people watch LMN and used to watch network movies on movie nights. Therefore, if you look only at the discerning people(people that care about morality), then the people that don't discern(people not caring about morality) fall into place. That's because anyone can and will watch a movie with morality in mind if it's a good movie, but some people WILL NOT WATCH a movie that is a moral graveyard even if it's good! Then, there's more recommendation coming from more people, too, if it is both a good and moral movie. Most Lifetime, LMN, old network movies, etc.(Bitter Blood; Love, Lies, and Murder; Too Close to Home; Fat Like Me; Odd Girl Out; and Orphan and Derailed{the latter 2 were even shown in family friendly versions yet probably losing no value over their Hollywood versions} are among those) in a collection that are also "good" far exceed HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc. "greatest" collection(Harlem Nights, Good Fellas, Casino, Dark Blue, and American History X are among them). With the former group, there's no cringe factor(your conscience) while you watch them and you can watch most of them with your kids(except the oversexed or gay ones; the gay ones I would not watch at all). My comparison was between the cussing movies and not to show you that it can be done and well. Also, there are movies like Enemy of the State, Enough, and Training Day that are fringe movies that I own, enjoy, and watch. Still, movies that resemble "End of Watch" in any way should not be done in the future or toned down quite a bit! Hey, I'm all for all movie companies deciding to "network" it! For me, I bought it due to the great reviews trying to find a new movie, but it--like so many others--is more than likely trash! I could not get past the tsunami of cussing early on! I might try to stomach it to see if the movie has any redeemable qualities, but I SINCERELY REGRET THAT I BOUGHT THIS(EVEN FOR LESS THAN $4) AND WOULD NOT RECOMMEND UNLESS YOU CAN ACTUALLY THINK WITH CUSSING COMING AT YOU INCESSANTLY! STILL, THAT DOESN'T SAY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSCIENCE AND IT IS A CRY FOR Christian HELP. I think I'll start going to youtube and at least streaming the first 20 minutes(slow connection) and watching it before buying in the future despite seeing great reviews from 3 review sites and saying NO to hurriedly buying movies without scanning them first. I ONLY WENT THROUGH MAYBE 20 MINUTES AND IT WAS FULL OF CUSSING(HEED THAT 17 YR OLD WARNING AT THE VERY BEGINNING, PLEASE) AND WITHOUT MUCH GOING ON AT THAT TIME, TOO, MAKING IT WORSE THAN KICKBOXER 2(IF THE MOVIE KEPT PROGRESSING LIKE THAT)! I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY THAT A MOVIE COULD POTENTIALLY WORSE OFF THAN KB2!

rangerdelraval I'd never expect a movie rated as a 7'7 by IMDb users to be such a disappointment. I like the topic, so as soon as I saw that 7'7 I didn't hesitate and pressed the start button. And the first 30 minutes of the movie were OK, and I really liked the concept of the cop vlogging about his daily life, as well as the bad guys recording themselves while doing their "bad guys stuff", and the street flavor when patrolling the less glamorous part of L.A. But then, as we know more about the main characters, their idyllic relationship, lives, wives, girlfriends, and the escalation of heroic scenes goes on, the lesser and lesser realistic the story gets, and therefore, the more it goes down hill. Such a shame that a movie that had everything to be a great "cops movie" ended up being just another movie. Colors was much better.