End of Watch

For the law enforcement ceremony, see End of Watch Call. For the Stephen King novel, see End of Watch (novel).

End of Watch
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Ayer
Written byDavid Ayer
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRoman Vasyanov
Edited byDody Dorn
Music byDavid Sardy
Production
companies
Distributed byOpen Road Films
Release dates
  • September 8, 2012 (2012-09-08) (TIFF)
  • September 21, 2012 (2012-09-21) (United States)
Running time
109 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7–15 million[3][4]
Box office$57.6 million[3]

End of Watch is a 2012 American action thriller film[5][6] written and directed by David Ayer. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala, two Los Angeles Police Department officers who work in South Central Los Angeles. The film focuses on their day-to-day police work, their dealings with a certain group of gang members, their friendship with each other, and their personal relationships.

Ayer, who had written several police procedural films previously, wanted the film to focus more on the friendship between partners and daily police work and subordinate the contextual elements of the drug trafficking story taking place on the streets of south-central LA. Gyllenhaal, Peña, and other cast members underwent an intensive training program to prepare for their roles as police officers. Filming took place in Los Angeles in August 2011 with a budget of $7 million.

End of Watch premiered on September 8, 2012, at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released in American theaters on September 21, receiving generally positive reviews and grossing over $57 million at the box office. The film received a number of accolades, including two Independent Spirit Award nominations.

As of 2022, a series adaptation of End of Watch is being developed by Fox Entertainment.[7]

  1. ^ "End of Watch (2012)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ "END OF WATCH (15)". British Board of Film Classification. September 5, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "End of Watch (2012)". The Numbers. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "End of Watch (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  5. ^ "Review: End of Watch, Jake Gyllenhaal on patrol". The Independent. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012. It is an unconventional take on the action thriller format, featuring plenty of ostensible "found-footage".
  6. ^ "End Of Watch". AMC Theatres. 20 September 2012.
  7. ^ "'End Of Watch' TV Adaptation Co-Written By Movie's David Ayer Gets Fox Script-To-Series Commitment". Deadline Hollywood. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-03.