Our take
First off you have to remember it is the same writer as Training Day. Then you have to believe that he must have gone to a joint training camp between the Taliban and Mexican Cartels or something since Training Day to come up with such a tense, unpredictable script. But End of Watch is more than that. It is warm and sweet (yes), and a great showcase of Gyllenhaal and Pena’s talents — which thanks to a documentary-style cinematography, and the actors’ 5-month immersion program with actual LA cops, make for a very authentic, rich, and overall exciting film.
What it won
Nat. Board of Review
1 win
The story
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.
Elsewhere
"Ayer and his cast appear to have so convincingly nailed the way these characters talk and act that you might not even notice the film slipping from workaday grit into out-and-out myth."
— Bilge Ebiri
Streaming arrival
Who picked it
Ras DelTaro is a contributing writer at A Good Movie to Watch, reviewing films and shows across the major streaming services.
Jake is just fantastic in this movie. It is a story about police doing their job snd getting caught in something which could have been stopped. it gets really emotional at the end.
Great recommendation!