Rating of
3/4
One of the better cop films out there.
Lee - wrote on 01/04/13
Wow!! Yet another well written script from the director who also wrote the script for one of my top 10 all time favorite films 'Traning Day' After not seeing a good 'L.A. crime' movie in awhile i was pleased when i saw the trailer for 'End Of Watch' Finally caught the film and now i will say it holds itself well amongst many of the great cop films of days gone by. Harrowing footage delivered sometimes from video cam really shows the horrors that some of the boys in blue face in South Central L.A. and surrounding areas. The movie wasn't what i thought it would be after seeing the trailer as i thought once again it was a good cop/bad cop story such as what was depicted in 'Training Day' Both of the officers Gyllenhaal and Pena this time mostly uphold the law however in a manner that might be deemed as not so straight by some. Good guys alround don't get me wrong however not the cop i bet the L.A.P.D. like to promote.
I enjoyed this film immensly, and was hit by the wow! factor quite a few times as some of the scenes seem so realistically real at times it seemed like i was watching an episode of Fox's 'Cops'. For those of you that are much like myself this is one cop film not to be missed!
Recent Comments
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 02/11/13 at 12:01 PM CT
End of Watch Review comment
Totally enjoyed this from start to the tragic (and realistic, no fairy tale Hollywood endings) conclusion. So glad I was able to see this. Cool review! Wish we had cops like that here! hahaha
