Taylor and Zavala fit the template of the 'cop buddy movie,' but 'End of Watch' goes so much deeper than that. They've been partners for years and are so close that Zavala's wife, Gabby (Natalie Martinez), and Taylor's girlfriend, Janet (Anna Kendrick), have become like sisters. The two cops are transferred to a tough, largely Mexican-American district, where their persistence leads them across the scent of a Mexican cartel operating in Los Angeles. This is really an assignment for a detective, but they don't avoid risk, and eventually become so dangerous to the cartel that a hit is ordered against them.

End of Watch was an amazing cop movie. It featured Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena as two police patrolmen in Los Angeles. Gyllenhaal is doing a film project for college so he sets up a series of cameras on himself and Pena to record their day to day activities. Terrific special effects, nonstop action practically from very beginning to very end. Probably should’ve been more popular, but it was just after all that 200 stuff. World didn’t end in 2000 now it was immediately 2012. Us older guys survived the end of the world twice lol.

That sets up the movie's third act. Earlier acts cover sensational shootouts, chases and the rescue of kids from a burning building when the fire department is slow to arrive. It must be said the two men find themselves in an implausibly high percentage of dangerous and violent situations. If every day were as harrowing and risky as their days here, it's incredible they can keep going in to work.

As the movie opens, Taylor is filming a video documentary about his job, for a film class he's taking. 'End of Watch' begins with his narration about the nature of his job. All through the movie, Jake Gyllenhaal reveals a presence and stability that's in contrast to the lighter-weight, ingratiating characters he often plays. Michael Pena gives one of the performances of his career as the other cop, and the reality of their relationship underscores the whole film. We wouldn't believe some of the things they do if we didn't believe who they are.

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The movie is much strengthened by strong supporting performances, not only by Natalie Martinez and Anna Kendrick but by fellow officers Van Hauser (David Harbour), Sarge (Frank Grillo) and Orozco (America Ferrera).

The consistent plausibility of 'End of Watch' must owe a great deal to writer-director David Ayer. This is his second credit as a writer-director, after 'Harsh Times' (2005), and he deserves many more. He knows this territory. He wrote Denzel Washington's Oscar-winning 'Training Day' (2001) and two other superior cop movies, 'Dark Blue' (2002), 'S.W.A.T.' (2003) and 'The Fast and the Furious' (2001).

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At this point, it seems fair to assume he may want to stay right there in Los Angeles and explore the police experience in one way after another. From a dramatic viewpoint, there are few professions that grant their members entry into other lives, high among them cops, doctors, clergymen, journalists and prostitutes. Perhaps that explains why they figure in so much television and cinema. Their lives are lived in the midst of human drama.