End of Watch

After Officer Taylor finds money and guns in a truck, he shows us his paperwork which is dated 8/19/2012.

However, the police cameras always show us dates in 2011.

During the locker room scene, Officer Taylor states the standard issue sidearm for the LAPD is a Glock 19.

This is incorrect, as the standard issue sidearm is a Glock 17 (9mm) issued to recruits in the police academy which they must carry for their one (1) year probationary period.

After successfully completing their probation period, officers can then purchase and carry a firearm of their choice off the department's "Approved for Carry" list, which includes the Glock 19.

In the locker room scene Officer Taylor shows his "Spyderco" tactical knife.

This is incorrectthe knife he shows is the Smith and Wesson First Responder knife.

During the locker room scene, Officer Taylor's head is shaved clean, yet in the following Roll Call scene he has rather long stubble.

During a scene in which the two main characters are patrolling the town at night and having a conversation, the passenger door seems to keep locking and unlocking after every cut to Jake Gyllenhaal.

During the opening locker room scene, Officer Taylor states "this is the department issue sidearm; Glock 19.

" The gun he holds up to the camera, however, is clearly stamped "22" and ".

40," indicating that it is not a 9mm Glock 19 but instead a.

40S&W Glock 22.

During Brian and Janet's wedding, Zavala asks Taylor "Why did you get married in your dress blues?" But Taylor gets married in a suit, not in his dress blues.

There is a deleted scene of Taylor getting married in his dress blues.

In the very last scene of the movie, after the funeral, the driver's side sun-visor goes up and down several times on its own.

In one shot of it down, there is clearly some audio equipment visible and in the next shot it is gone.

In the audio commentary the director says that two cars were used in the opening car chase seen.

Before the car spins out of control you can see the second car behind the blue garbage can.

When the 2 officers are performing the "Welfare Check" on the house, right as they are about to kick in the door the reflection of the window to the left of them shows a blue tent and several crew members in the back behind the scene.

When Officers Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala are on night patrol, both characters are wearing white under their Class A uniforms.

Night patrol officers wear black under their uniforms.

In the scene showing the burned up stolen vehicle the officer states they found two type of shell casings, 9mm and 45.

However, the brass they find is 7.

62mm and 45.

I had high expectations for this movie, and was severely let down. The letdown came from a number of small things rather than one big one.

Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Michael Peña) are street-level cops making busts and causing problems for the criminals. After a couple big time busts, a Mexican cartel orders their deaths.

Seriously! Do we need any more evidence that the USA is a third world country?

A gritty cop/buddy movie with a style of its own due to the extensive mixing of first-person video and traditional camera-work.Good performances by Gyllenhaal and Pena.

More Hollywood ignorance and PC fantasy. No decent cop could like this movie.

Despite the movie wants to seem likely by some real time recorded footage, it still a movie and it is not meant to be a documentary, its job is to entertain and then some excesses are due. That said, the film reaches the target, it is solid, well-made and well-acted.

Most cop movies live or die by the chemistry between the leads. End of Watch features excellent chemistry between Gyllenhaal and Pena, which elevates the film a notch above the typical cop drama.

Director David Ayer has come up with some decent films in the past, Training Day in particular which is wrote. Here, Ayer gives an unexpectedly powerful execution to this found-footage police drama placing Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena in the two lead roles.

This film is one of my favorite movies. It is filled with action & it gives you a glimpse of a cops' line of duty.