Life is a continuum of special moments strung together, End of Watch illustrates just that. Michael Pena and Jake Gyllenhall demonstrate that with outstanding performances. Their truly believable brotherly love resonates, not so much with words, but through their actions, synchrony on the job, genuine conversations about life, colored with wit and sarcasm.
The plot is simple but followed nicely; we are taken on a traceable journey through their lives with the LAPD. There are holes in the script that didn't justify the tremendous scenes they kept happening upon. But one is forgiving of those gliches as we are taken by some riveting moments and exposure to harshness of gang life and severity of the cartel. The one place this movie falls short, as so many do, is the ending. It wasn't synchronous with the rest of the momentum of the movie. But many times it is about the journey and not the end, as is with this movie.
On a social note, End of Watch was a peep hole into those lurking LAPD vehicles that seem to quietly swim by. The movie exposed some of the horrific realities of urban, southern california, poverty. Uniquely, it equals the racial field, by capturing the power in Mexican police officers trying to manage American-Mexican gangs and Mexican mafia.
End of Watch is a great example of how sometimes moving out of the way and letting the actors shine is all a movie needs.
The plot is simple but followed nicely; we are taken on a traceable journey through their lives with the LAPD. There are holes in the script that didn't justify the tremendous scenes they kept happening upon. But one is forgiving of those gliches as we are taken by some riveting moments and exposure to harshness of gang life and severity of the cartel. The one place this movie falls short, as so many do, is the ending. It wasn't synchronous with the rest of the momentum of the movie. But many times it is about the journey and not the end, as is with this movie.
On a social note, End of Watch was a peep hole into those lurking LAPD vehicles that seem to quietly swim by. The movie exposed some of the horrific realities of urban, southern california, poverty. Uniquely, it equals the racial field, by capturing the power in Mexican police officers trying to manage American-Mexican gangs and Mexican mafia.
End of Watch is a great example of how sometimes moving out of the way and letting the actors shine is all a movie needs.
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