Recently watched this and thought it was rather well made…
story line aside… I think they kept it somewhat realistic, more so than many of the numerous bags of shit in the past few years…
Weapons manipulation and combat tactics seemed to be on the up and up… just wanted to put out the word that its worth a watch
any opinions from those who’ve also seen it?
I’m a cop in Orlando, FL. The hectic ten things at once radio traffic and multi tasking is VERY realistic. Its the best glimpse yet into ‘the job’.
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I have not seen it yet myself but have heard good things from colleagues who have. The film makers listened to their LE technical advisors and it shows.
Not really a fan of ‘found footage’ genre movies, but the cop theme of this one is what bought my interest.
The calls they responded to (and didn’t respond to) seemed pretty well done. The banter with people on the streets, etc.
Not really a SPOILER of anything but just in case, fair warning the following discusses a scene in the movie
But one thing that bugged me and I didn’t get is why, when they were trapped in the apartment, they were shown essentially blind firing into thick concrete with pistols (no positive ID of where the badguys were precisely; from the perspective given the viewer, the officers were unable to spot the shooters and were essentially just trying to do suppressive fire to make a break for it, though i don’t remember seeing the badguys actually forced to take cover by the officers’ actions), and then only after they stopped blindly dumping mags in a general direction in the midst of occupied apartments, do they make a run for it. It just seemed really poorly planned and almost absurd.
If you want to argue it was portraying how people do silly things when they’re under pressure, well okay then. But that wasn’t how it came across in the movie. It came across like this was a legit tactic (I think the white cop mentioned something referencing an Army tactic or whatever). Their actions in that scene made so little sense that it actually broke my immersion and took me out of the movie for a few moments, and that’s generally not easy to do.
Overall, there’s a dark tone to the film and it’s a bit depressing, so if you like that in a movie to feel “authentic” or “real”, then you might dig it.
he specifically states they have to lay down a base of fire and pivot…
they are emptying their mags essentially to create exactly what he said… a base of fire… he didn’t say suppressive fire… its just putting out fire to cover their movement… almost like a peel or a leap frog… lay down fire and peel or move… it wasn’t meant to be effective or accurate fire… it was just used as a covering tactic to give them time to move… empty the mag… the thugs hold back for a little while… then when they look back you are gone…
the only issue I had with the movie was why they didn’t take the car in the end… in the alley way… where he popped home boy in the face right over the wall… basic escape and evasion at that point in time…
Whatever their reasoning, the way it was filmed made them look silly doing it. Just another strike against found footage films in my book. 
I saw it when it first came out on the theaters. I found it to be entertaining with a good story line. It was graphic so not intended for a family night out. It provides a glimpse into a working street cops world in a larger urban city. A good friend who works for the agency portrayed saw the film and held a high opinion of it. He believed it was a realistic portrayal over-all.
If you like Southland TNT you will enjoy the movie.
I will also admit that I shed a few tears at the end of the movie in the final scene.
Only digging this up to mention that it is on Netflix instant now. Just watched it…enjoyed it thoroughly. Certainly worth the price of admission if you have Netflix.
Got a kick out of a discreetly placed AAC sticker in the locker room. I always wonder who sneaks things like that in, or knows about that stuff. Advisors? Scene builders?
Honestly I enjoyed the fact that they’re showing some of the truly psychopathic levels of violence that is percolating up from the border with the cartels. I’d be far more down with sending some SO type teams south of the border to put a check on these groups than I am with fighting Syrians.
Typically, those are what are know as product placements that the company being advertised pays for.
I sorta liked the story line. FWIW, It brought a tear to my wife’s eye.
The partnership/friendship is funny and realistic.
SPOILER:
It’s got some Hollywood-style pazzaz. The two lowly “street cops” were always accidentally making busts in the tip top of the Mexi-Cali cartels??? Very unlikely to me.
The opening scene is an eye opener!!! I’m not LEO nor military, so to those who are; was that a realistic scene?
The story line was a bit odd towards.the end with the final shoot out. The car should have been taken and every single officer I work with (those that have common sense and street smarts) agree with me. Also the disarming by taking off the gun belt and throwing down with the thug was pure Hollywood.
As for general day to day banter, dark humor, joking, call dispatches, working the road, etc… the film was dead on. I’ve done street work for six years in Miami. We work as one man units but everything in the movie was done on the streets.
I would keep my sidearm pointed through the door while talking to thugs, the cursing is still there, the hand sanitizer, the screwed pranks in roll call, etc… very good depection on that.
So I do say that the film for the most part while a Hollywood portrayal is enjoyable and worth watching.
Felt a bit like LAPD propaganda. Which isn’t surprising, since it was made with LAPD’s assistance.
Still a good movie, though. Definitely stirred feelings and stuff. I had to watch Dredd right afterward to wash out the rage and sadness.
If I want to wash out age and sadnessI watch Expendables 1 & 2, Die Hard 1 & 4, or Olympus Has Fallen.
Dredd is different for me… it is how work should be. I want a cool motorcycle like that and a fancy handgun that blows folks arms off.
So far I’ve only seen this part, but it’s enough to make me put it in my Netflix queue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKEumcjARwY
This is despite the fact that I hate Jake Gyllenhaal and “found footage” concept films.
The whole movie is not found footage. Only the first part of it.
I really enjoyed this movie. From what I have been told, the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy now shows this movie specifically for training purposes but I cannot confirm.
I liked it and the cop humor was pretty much right on. Made me glad I don’t work in LA.
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Mostly the whole law versus cartel thing… with End of Watch ending with a funeral of a cop versus Dredd ending with (SPOILERS) a drug lord being forced to fall very slowly to their death after their cartel has been all but exterminated.
And grabbed his longgun.
Good movie.
Hard not to.