End Of Watch

End Of Watch
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If I'm honest I am a Jake Gyllenhaal fan and he always brings a lot to the films he's in. I would write more about his movies but his name is a pain in the arse to type. But this evening I maid an exception and dug out End Of Watch to review.

Filmed in a documentary style which is a bold approach as it involves a lot of dialogue to camera which is a cardinal sin in almost every other movie but in this it works well.

Jake's character Brian is making a film on his patrol as a police officer in the roughest parts of LA. Brian and his partner Mike go for the roughest cases the violent cases, high speed pursuits anything but writing tickets and stoping drunk drivers. Along the way there are some harrowing scenes as they fall across the lowest dregs of society.

Watching the interaction between the two you get drawn into their world, seeing their family events and lives you're drawn into their world. You begin to feel like the third member of their patrol as the film progresses.

While they don't always play by the rules they're always on the right side and put their lives on the line for the right reasons. When they come across a house fire they go inside to rescue the children with no regard to their safety. On a routine stop they find a large amount of money and some impressive weapons, the rest of the department aren't interested in following it up but Brian wants a promotion and decides to track down a lead. He blows a big federal investigation and from there on the lives of the two officers change.

Even though Mike has a baby and Brian goes on to get married and life seems to be good theres a dark undertone present and the score leads you to believe that something dark is about to happen. But the director keeps you on the hook and you have to keep watching to see what unfolds. Having uncovered yet another cartel operation they have a price put on their heads, this is the point where the film takes on a dark edge and the pair are in a war but they just don't know it yet the action takes on another level. If you want to know the end then you'll just have to watch. Its a superb film with great acting sit back and enjoy, make sure the kids aren't around because there are some nasty scenes that will have an effect !