Fresh
Ayer and his cast appear to have so convincingly nailed the way these characters talk and act that you might not even notice the film slipping from workaday grit into out-and-out myth.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
End of Watch
Every moment of your life they stand watch.
2012 · 1h 49m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
David Ayer
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Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The actors, both excellent, get right into Ayer's groove. So by the time we arrive at the unsparing climax, we really know and care about these guys.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Fresh
Gyllenhaal and Pena are after a lived-in camaraderie and a street-level realism. Pena, especially, succeeds; you buy him every second.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
The performances here are so sharp that viewers may wish End of Watch has been shot by someone who knew how to find the right point of view for a scene and leave it there.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Rotten
Intermittently enjoyable but incredibly frustrating.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
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