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End of Watch

2012 1h 49m
Crime Drama Thriller
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.4/10
3,768 reviews
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End of Watch

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.

"Every moment of your life they stand watch."

Top Billed Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal
Brian Taylor
Michael Peña
Michael Peña
Mike Zavala
Natalie Martinez
Natalie Martinez
Gabby Zavala
Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick
Janet Taylor
David Harbour
David Harbour
Van Hauser
Frank Grillo
Frank Grillo
Sarge
America Ferrera
America Ferrera
Officer Orozco
Cody H. Carolin
Cody H. Carolin
Officer Davis

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

L LastCaress1972 Verified TMDB Critic
2013-08-11

Officers Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Zavala (Michael Peña) are LA beat cops, partnered up a long time. We watch them in action via a number of set pieces, and see that they're cynical enough to interpret the rules as necessary but still by a long, long stretch good and decent cops that will risk their lives in carrying out their duties at a moment's notice. Zavala is already blissfully happily married with a baby on the way, Taylor has just met a sweet Irish gal and over the course of the film we see their relationship blossom and grow. These two men are like the closest of brothers. It's al...

G Gimly Verified TMDB Critic
2019-08-25

A good duo at the forefront of this thing, but I don't especially care for the half-assed documentary schematic or, you know... cops.

_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a _...

S signsoflife Verified TMDB Critic
2026-01-02

Realistically, a decent movie, with a lot of odd choices. The main attraction (aside from its cast—<i>Anna Kendrick is the only reason I watched this</i>), is its cinematography: originally a premise of a buddy cop movie made out of bits and pieces of self taped/body cam/found footage style videos, yet, there is an omnipresent, shaky camerawork that takes you away from that in order to properly showcase the environment and depth of these developing characters and their stories, while still trying to mimic these are natural, spontenous, humanly shot moments for the most part—and, at some po...