
In South Central Los Angeles, street cops Brian and Mike are partners - balls-out cowboys patrolling the streets as Latino gangs are in a power struggle with Blacks. Brian and Mike get lucky a couple of times, making big drug and human-trafficking busts, so a Mexican cartel orders their deaths. We meet Mike's pregnant wife (whom he married out of high school) and watch Brian's search for a soul mate. There are internal squabbles within the ranks of the LAPD and lots of squad-... (Full plot summary below)
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In South Central Los Angeles, street cops Brian and Mike are partners - balls-out cowboys patrolling the streets as Latino gangs are in a power struggle with Blacks. Brian and Mike get lucky a couple of times, making big drug and human-trafficking busts, so a Mexican cartel orders their deaths. We meet Mike's pregnant wife (whom he married out of high school) and watch Brian's search for a soul mate. There are internal squabbles within the ranks of the LAPD and lots of squad-car conversation. Can the lads escape the cartel's murderous reach?
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| Screen It!Jim JudyThere's just something about the way that Ayer has put it all together that makes it seem both familiar yet sometimes breathtakingly fresh. (Full Content Movie Review for Parents also available) |
| San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliThe best scenes are filmed inside the cruiser, dashboard shots that face inward instead of out, catching Gyllenhaal and Peña in moments so playful and true they make all other buddy cops look bogus by comparison. |
| The Sun (UK)Grant RollingsWriter and director David Ayer has created a pair of real, untainted heroes - which makes this a rare cinematic treat you have to watch. End of. |
| Illinois TimesCharles KoplinskiRealism makes Watch one of the year's best films. |
| Seattle TimesSoren Anderson"End of Watch" feels new. Fresh. Immediate. Watching it, it's almost as though you're seeing a cop movie for the first time. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOne of the best police movies in recent years, a virtuoso fusion of performances and often startling action. |
| Seattle TimesSoren Andersen"End of Watch" feels new. Fresh. Immediate. Watching it, it's almost as though you're seeing a cop movie for the first time. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirMythic, thrilling and brilliantly made motion picture. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunSo completely does filmmaker David Ayer get you to invest in these characters that you'll watch half the film with your hands over your face. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe problem with End of Watch, a gripping police drama, is director David Ayer's stylistic decision to shoot nearly the entire movie tripod-less. Or, to put it another way, there's a whole lotta shakin' going on. |