Cast: Jake Gyllenhal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Martinez, America Ferrera
MPAA Rating: Rated R for Strong Violence, Some Disturbing Images, Pervasive language including sexual refrences, and Some Drug Use
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of
money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel, during a routine
traffic stop.
With school these days, its becoming harder and harder for me to put these reviews out, but with the load of schoolwork and things I had goin on I knew no matter what I was gonna see "End of Watch" and man did this movie exceede expectations in every force there was. Everything from the story, to the acting, the directing just everything had me on the edge of my seat, something that basically no movie has done this entire year.
Going a little bit more in-depth into "End of Watch" I'll talk about the story first. The story which at first glance seems like one basically be the plot of a CBS cop show and comes off very generic, but the director David Ayer who directed the hit cop film "Training Days" takes the film into a completely different territory you never expect and defies the cliches at every turn offering a true sense of suspense because you can't guess what's coming next. The film features a found footage aspect to the plot with Jake Gyllenhaal's character filming him and his partner doing patrols for a project Gyllenhaal's character is doing for a class, but the camcorder footage doesn't take center stage and basically is just use to introduce us to the main character's, which is find with me and doesn't get annoying like most found footage films do. Something else the film really does good in is the cool down scenes, what takes place in between the action. Most films fall because outside the main storyline, the rest of the film usually comes off extremely boring and derails the entire film. The film doesn't a perfect job of portraying the characters off-duty, all of them including the supporting cast, which really offers a more realistic character to relate and sympathize with. The big thing this film benefits from is the actors; Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena play the two main cops and I have to say they played their parts perfect. You believe they are cops, partners, and best friends in these roles and they both just completely get lost into this role and the film is always better for that. Anna Kendrick plays Jake Gyllenhaal's love interest and I felt while her roles was substantialy shorter than Gyllenhaal's, she did just as good of a job. She was able to portray the cute, adorable girlfriend and you really bought her and Gyllenhaal's relationship and she was just always a joy to watch on screen. In the midst of all the chaos that appeared on screen really grounded Gyllenhaal's character and that's something that was really needed for the film to work. The villains in this film don't have a real standout character as their were so many of them but they were good, they made you really hate them so they did their job is all you ask for in your antagoinsts. Mainly to finish this quicker-than-usual review, "End of Watch" is an incredible film, everything from the story, to the directing, to the acting left me on the edge of my seat the entire time especially the last act which is just incredible. While this is a great film, this is definitely not one for the family but is a real good film I recommend you see with friends or older members of the family as it features a lot of thought provoking questions throughout the film about life in general that leave you really thinking after the film. Go see this movie now, movies like this need to make money or I fear we'll be left to a lifetime of Resident Evil type movies if the good films fail. Thanks for reading follow me on twitter @thecriticspot facebook: thecritics spotlight
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