Shot documentary style, 'End of Watch' is a fascinating and insightful police drama. The film benefits from two brilliant lead performances from Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña, who bring energy and personality to their roles as officers Taylor & Zavala. 'What the film lacks in term of plot development it more than makes up for in entertainment value, with some intense action scenes, genuinely funny moments and a great script.Part of the reason the ending is so hard-hitting is because it's easy for the audience to build a connection with the two officers. They are both realistic and relatable characters and, by the time the end of the film comes about, it feels like you know them personally. 'End of Watch' is a great film, both an intense action drama and a realistic and fascinating insight into daily life of a police officer.

Let's start with a nonsense example, or two:To see Michael Jackson in white, other than white-skinned is way too normal. To have a baby with your wife, other than with your neighbor's is way too normal.What am I trying to indicate here?.. Let me try some more...Taylor is close friends with his partner Zavala. They get along pretty nicely. Their becoming close friends is inevitable with respect to sociology, can we say?..So, their being from different races would not "necessarily" interfere with their friendship nor work. Okay, culture tends to run the streets all around the world. That means Michael Jackson's taught to become whiter in order to be better, and a man's taught to have an "unjustifiable" affair with his neighbor's wife after seeing pious people become obsessed over the soap operas on TV. To flout is another deed of a human being, right?..We are being taught inequality in every possible way, for peace is cheaper to the reapers of the world...The scenario is mediocre and somewhat darker than enough. Okay, this life may get dark... But this scenario does not convey a clear warning to us, so that we can change the world accordingly.The soundtracks suit the movie.Hoever, the avting of Michael Peña, and especially that of Jake Gyllenhaal is somewhat unrivalled to a point that we can say this is their movie!..The camera work, in truth, serves as a tool to lend persuasiveness to the movie. To feel like we are all being recorded is a way to pretty ourselves up... wow!So, praise to David Ayer!..Here is a Verse of my culture:"O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo! The noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware."The 13th Verse of the 49th Chapter (The Rooms) in the Gracious Koran.Amen.

Police dramas are a dime-a-dozen in most entertainment mediums. Television is loaded with them and has been for thirty years. The New York Times Bestseller list is usually dominated by them. And, of course, cop films are a favorite of Hollywood. The popularity of the buddy cop genre, thanks to the Lethal Weapon films, has led to dozens of imitators to varying effect. Most of these glamorize the police lifestyle or throw aside reality to provide entertainment. Every once in a while, though, we see a movie like End of Watch that asks us to look at policemen from a variety of angles, not just a heroic lens.Jake Gyllenhall plays Brian Taylor, a beat cop with the LAPD partnered with his best friend Mike Zavala (Michael Pena). The two wind up learning too much about a cartel and become the target of their viciousness.Simple premise. And from the outset you can guess what is going to happen. But the movie isn't traditional in its storytelling. We see everything from body, dashboard, and hand-held camera perspectives giving an almost Cops (the television series) like feel to it all. We the viewers are a part of the action in a way I've never encountered before. Found footage horror films are a subgenre that we've all most likely encountered for good or ill. The idea of applying that to a police film is inventive and interesting, allowing for a close-up and realistic approach to telling what is an otherwise generic and by-the-numbers central plot.What the found footage reveals are two cops who are best friends and brothers who joke around, tell stories, and are entirely human. They aren't portrayed as badass, cool, or any other convention. They're just two humans. And seeing them policing the streets we get a variety of situations that show how tough it is to be a cop. Typically a film like this would have the heroes be above the law or strictly apply it. Here they beat up supposed crooks, they get rowdy when they see something they dislike, they act like dicks. But we also see them heroically rescue children from a burning house and shoot the breeze with local hoods. That multi-dimensional aspect makes the characters interesting, human, and entirely lovable.Add to that the non-cop footage of dates and weddings, major events in the duos life. It's an air of humanity that endears End of Watch and forces you to see the police in a different and more sympathetic light.The acting here is one of the main reasons the film succeeds so well. Gyllenhaal and Pena have such great chemistry and are totally believable as best friends. Given the direction and style on top of the script, it's hard not to be fooled that the two aren't real cops and they aren't ad-libbing every conversation. It's masterful.The ending, as I said at the beginning, is obvious, but it hurts still. That's the sign of a damn good film, when even with a conventional plot line and predictable finale, you still walk away feeling emotional. Because as conventional as the majority of the movie may be, it is entirely unconventional in presentation and delivery.End of Watch is edge-of-your-seat action and drama from start to finish. Fast moving and full of stellar performances, it's the type of dark and unique cop film that breathes life into a tired genre and changes your perspective in unexpected ways. Definitely give this one a watch.

End of Watch provides the viewer with a great historical background on the issues facing our nation with drug violence, and how it is a much larger world once you have entered it. The violence really adds on to the extreme suspense. As the two cops enter this larger war, their lives are put into extreme danger. The Movie is nearly perfect, but the ending sorta saddens the movie, which to me hurts the overall rating to me. Other than that, it is an excellent film that gives the viewer background on the current event facing our planet!