End of Watch

[McG]

Saw this in a busy but not full Braehead tonight. Initially I hated the hand held camera shots and was fearful that it was going to be used throughout the film. The main characters were great though no other characters were memorable. I did find it annoying how disjoint the stories of the first 50% of the film. The tension definitely built in the last half.
[spoiler]I thought it was "funny" how many shots were fired by the baddies when they lured the 2 cops into the house and yet only 1 bullet out of hundreds hit the target! [/spoiler]
Marks 6/10

[Spring]

Anyone at Greenwich notice the annoying echo in the room? Is it like that for every film?

Alas yes...

I agree with tsoiboy synopsis, however I thought the jerky camera shots added a more realistic dimension to the movie...if you have every watched Cops back in the day you will understand. I didn't recognised America Ferrera AKA Ugly Betty! Lastly, I also loved the soundtrack...

[taylors]

I thought this was probably the worst film I have seen in 5 years. I consider this to be 109 minutes of my life that was wastsed and will never be recovered. Although it did get better towards the end the damage had been done long before then. The conmtinual and complete overuse of the F word was unnecessary and would have even made Malcolm Tucker cringe

[Jayman]

Anyone at Greenwich notice the annoying echo in the room? Is it like that for every film?

This is a problem I notice frequently at The O2. Thought it was just me. It's especially bad in 'Found Footage' movies.

BTW, did you guys think this was as bad as Street Kings?

[kaholic]

film was ok, handheld camera shots were quite annoying, would have liked a bit more story line and less footage of two men sat in a car. watch it if ticket is free, be cautious if you are p*ying.

[hottips]

Saw this tonight at O2 Greenwich and to an almost full screening and it is a pretty large screen.

I really enjoyed this cop buddy film. It was brutal and graphic in some scenes but all of which was appropriate for the film and added to it. The on screen chemistry of Gyllenhaal and Pena was great and believable. Not much in strong female characters and the film focused primarily on the two leads. Leaving the villains to look rather two dimensional. The tension builds up slowly and you know that it is not going to end well. I think the ending could have been braver and different but what was shown was fine.

The jerky film camera shots and different camera angles was a bit distracting and the film attempted to be different in this way to a the story that has been on well trodden ground.

Quite entertaining.

8/10

Have to agree with the above. I saw this and thought that it was a well put together film. However would I watch it again - no probably not - swearing, brutality and blood have never been my thing, so although I would give it a 7/10 for holding my attention and the strong lead characters it is not something that I would watch a second time.

[FBS]

I believe this is one of the bets films of the year. Being a fan of The Wire and Southland this film was right up my alley. Beautifully done with tension throughout. The two main lead are amazing (Pena especially), great to see handheld footage used for something other than horror films.

10/10

[rawsalsa]

Saw this tonight at O2 Greenwich and to an almost full screening and it is a pretty large screen.

I really enjoyed this cop buddy film. It was brutal and graphic in some scenes but all of which was appropriate for the film and added to it. The on screen chemistry of Gyllenhaal and Pena was great and believable. Not much in strong female characters and the film focused primarily on the two leads. Leaving the villains to look rather two dimensional. The tension builds up slowly and you know that it is not going to end well. I think the ending could have been braver and different but what was shown was fine.

The jerky film camera shots and different camera angles was a bit distracting and the film attempted to be different in this way to a the story that has been on well trodden ground.

I very much agree with tsoiboy's synopsis, however I disagree with kaholic in that I found the hand-held camera approach helped to add to the feeling of disorientation and the fact that at any moment something shocking/unusual might happen. I was on the edge of my seat throughout because of this. I also wouldn't have minded more of the in-car discussions between the two cops. Although a very good film, I also don't think I'd particularly want to watch it again. 8/10

[smudge_14]

Was quite disappointed as I was really looking forward to this.

Handheld Camera shots were annoying. Found certain elements predictable too.

Could have been so much better 6/10

[valda]

I believe this is one of the bets films of the year. Being a fan of The Wire and Southland this film was right up my alley. Beautifully done with tension throughout. The two main lead are amazing (Pena especially), great to see handheld footage used for something other than horror films.

10/10

What FBS said I was running late and luckily Wimbledon started a bit late so I didn't miss anything - had to sit in the second row though.

I thought the Hand Held would really wind me up but it wasn't that bad in the end. The thugs were very annoying but I guess that is what they are like. You've only got to stand near a gang of kids in the street to hear how they talk and cuss. I think the problem here was that they were dreadful actors and didn't come across like crew's in The Wire or Southlands.

I got really engrossed in this film, [spoiler]going along having a smooth time like Cops, then sudden violence and action.[/spoiler]

Still not sure if I liked the end vx 9/10