End of Watch

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David Ayer's End of Watch stars Michael Peña and Jake Gyllenhaal as a pair of L.A. cops and close friends who work to keep the streets safe. Shot in a found-footage style, the movie follows the duo as they make enemies with a major drug cartel and attempt to lead happy personal lives.
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Overview

David Ayer's End of Watch stars Michael Peña and Jake Gyllenhaal as a pair of L.A. cops and close friends who work to keep the streets safe. Shot in a found-footage style, the movie follows the duo as they make enemies with a major drug cartel and attempt to lead happy personal lives.
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Special Features

Deleted Scenes; End of Watch: Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes; Fate with a Badge; In the Streets; Women on Watch; Watch Your Six; Honors; Feature Commentary with Writer/Director David Ayer
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Editorial Reviews

All Movie Guide - Perry Seibert
In his various screenplays and films, David Ayer has shown a seemingly bottomless interest in the Los Angeles Police Department. As the writer of Training Day and the director of Street Kings which boasted a script co-written by James Ellroy, another man who has made a career out of his obsession with the LAPD, he's returned again and again to these boys in blue, and End of Watch continues this motif. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as partners Brian and Mike, beat cops who pass the time during their shifts by hurling endless insults -- often racial -- back and forth, but only because they are obviously deeply devoted to each other. Over the course of a few months, they inadvertently anger a group of high-level drug dealers, while family man Mike helps soon-to-be lawyer Brian settle down with the right girl Anna Kendrick. Describing the plot makes the movie sound like a routine buddy-cop film, and while it certainly stays true to many of that genre's conventions, End of Watch is actually a kick for two very different reasons. First of all, Ayer shoots the picture in a commando, first-person style that, though certainly flashy, never devolves into a frenzied mess. Early on, Ayer establishes the premise that Brian is recording their daily shifts for one of his classes, and even when he abandons this premise in later scenes, he maintains the grittiness and shaky camera work so that the whole movie has a cohesive and distinctive look. It's one of the most stylistically gonzo mainstream films of the year. The other appealing aspect is the work of the lead actors. Gyllenhaal and Peña have such a natural chemistry together that we're with them from the opening scene. Their offhand ease with each other is boyishly charming rather than frat-brother annoying, and their conversations often have the loose, go-nowhere vibe that was the hallmark of Seinfeld. When you combine this sensibility with the film's hyperbolic visual style, the result turns into something like an episode of Dragnet that looks like the first five minutes of Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days. As unconventional as Ayer and cinematographer Roman Vasyanov's approach is, the story itself ends up being thoroughly conventional. The picture doesn't want to turn away from the gritty realities of being a member of the LAPD, but anyone familiar with basic storytelling structure can see how this movie must end by around the midpoint. Even with that flaw, End of Watch is so inventive, and so anchored by two highly enjoyable performances, that it makes for one of the more singular, if not entirely successful, entries in a genre that often suffers from stale sameness.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 1/22/2013
  • UPC: 025192157837
  • Original Release: 2012

    • Rating:

  • Source: Universal Studios
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Wide Screen
  • Sound: Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound
  • Language: English
  • Time: 1:50:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 9,117

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Jake Gyllenhaal Officer Taylor
Michael Peña Officer Zavala
Anna Kendrick Janet
Frank Grillo Sarge
America Ferrera Officer Orozco
Cody Horn Officer Davis
Shondrella Avery Bonita
Richard Cabral Demon
Maurice Compte Big Evil
Jaime FitzSimons Captain Reese
Yahira Garcia La La
David Harbour Officer Van Hauser
Natalie Martinez Gabby
Technical Credits
David Ayer Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Tobin Armbrust Executive Producer
Remington Chase Executive Producer
Dody Dorn Editor
Guy East Executive Producer
Randall Emmett Executive Producer
Lindsay Graham Casting
Jake Gyllenhaal Executive Producer
Mary Claire Hannan Costumes/Costume Designer
Devorah Herbert Production Designer
Gabe Hilfer Musical Direction/Supervision
Matt Jackson Producer
Adam Kassan Executive Producer
Season Kent Musical Direction/Supervision
John Lesher Producer
Jillian Longnecker Co-producer
Stepan Martirosyan Executive Producer
Alex Ott Co-producer
David Sardy Score Composer
Nigel Sinclair Producer
Roman Vasyanov Cinematographer
Chrisann Verges Executive Producer
Mary Vernieu Casting
Ian Watermeier Co-producer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- End of Watch
1. Scene 1 [3:50]
2. Scene 2 [5:04]
3. Scene 3 [4:37]
4. Scene 4 [3:54]
5. Scene 5 [7:10]
6. Scene 6 [3:32]
7. Scene 7 [4:09]
8. Scene 8 [4:11]
9. Scene 9 [6:19]
10. Scene 10 [6:49]
11. Scene 11 [6:33]
12. Scene 12 [8:15]
13. Scene 13 [6:06]
14. Scene 14 [1:01]
15. Scene 15 [6:48]
16. Scene 16 [5:10]
17. Scene 17 [5:26]
18. Scene 18 [6:52]
19. Scene 19 [3:45]
20. Scene 20 [2:47]
1. Scene 5 & 6 [1:58]
1. Scene 13 [:22]
1. Scene 15 [2:41]
1. Scene 21 [1:33]
1. Scene 30 [:32]
1. Scene 31 [1:14]
1. Scene 38 Ver. 5 [2:11]
1. Scene 38 Ver. 9 [7:17]
1. Scene 48 Part 2 [2:24]
1. Scene 48 Part 6 [2:39]
1. Scene 48 Part 8 [1:39]
1. Scene 50 [:57]
1. Scene 52 [2:47]
1. Scene 63 Alt "2 Coffins" [4:22]
1. Scene 63 Alt "Janet Without Taylor" [6:29]
1. Scene 63 Alt [4:46]
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Menu

Disc #1 -- End of Watch
   Play
   Scenes
   Bonus
      Deleted Scenes
         Play All
            Scene 32
      Featurettes
         Fate With A Badge
         In The Streets
         Women On Watch
         Watch Your Six
         Honors
      Feature Commentary With Writer/Director David Ayer: On/Off
         Feature Commentary With Writer/Director David Ayer: On
         Feature Commentary With Writer/Director David Ayer: Off
   Setup
      Spoken Language
         English 5.1
         Feature Commentary With Writer/Director David Ayer
      Subtitles
         English SDH*
         Español
         Français
         Subtitles: Off
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