Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Jake GyllenhaalBrian Taylor
- Michael PeñaMike Zavala
- Natalie MartinezGabby Zavala
- Anna KendrickJanet Taylor
- David HarbourVan Hauser
- Frank GrilloSarge
- America FerreraOfficer Orozco
- Cody H. CarolinOfficer Davis
- Shondrella AveryBonita
- Hugh DalyHomicide Detective 2
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
Nerve-rattling in the best way, the sharp, visceral urban police procedural End of Watch is one of the best American cop movies I've seen in a long time. - 80
Variety
Ultimately, the mock-doc device works because Gyllenhaal and Pena so completely reinvent themselves in-character. Instead of wearing the roles like costumes or uniforms, they let the job seep into their skin, a feat without which "End of Watch's" pseudo-reality never would have worked. - 80
Boxoffice Magazine
Easily one of the year's best films and one of the best ever in the well-worn cop genre. - 80
Arizona Republic
The action and the chemistry is stronger than the story, because Gyllenhaal and Peña are good. In that respect End of Watch works better as a series of vignettes held together somewhat loosely by a larger story. - 80
Village Voice
As social insight, End of Watch is useless, but as engrossing entertainment, it's irresistible, thanks to Ayer's gift for dialogue, the relentless pacing set by film editor Dody Dorn, and gorgeous performances by Gyllenhaal and Peña. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
In the last 15 minutes of the film, he burns up some of the credibility he established by not pushing extreme situations too far earlier on. - 58
IndieWire
By virtue of its style and high stakes scenario, End of Watch is impressively tense, but then so are most episodes of "COPS," which don't suffer from the forced melodrama found here. - 40
The Guardian
Despite the violence and procedural detail, this is about as gritty as Dixon of Dock Green.
