End Of Watch Page #6

Synopsis: In South Central Los Angeles, street cops Brian and Mike are partners - balls-out cowboys patrolling the streets as Latino gangs are in a power struggle with Blacks. Brian and Mike get lucky a couple of times, making big drug and human-trafficking busts, so a Mexican cartel orders their deaths. We meet Mike's pregnant wife (whom he married out of high school) and watch Brian's search for a soul mate. There are internal squabbles within the ranks of the LAPD and lots of squad-car conversation. Can the lads escape the cartel's murderous reach?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): David Ayer
Production: Open Road Films
  3 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
2012
109 min
$39,100,000
Website
4,450 Views


two additional units

for a building search

at 1-0-0, 2-6 street.

It's okay, it's okay.

It's okay. Goodbye.

F*** this guy.

Get that sh*t out of here.

I know

what that means.

Shut the f*** up, man.

Spread your legs.

Spread your f***ing legs.

Put your f***ing head back.

- Gun, partner.

- Oh, yeah?

Get your

f***ing head back.

- Another gun, partner.

- Two, huh?

Wads of cash.

All right, tell him

to get on his knees.

Get the f*** over here.

13 X-ray 13.

We've got one in custody.

13X 13, roger.

All right, we're good.

All right.

What do we got?

Check it out, partner.

I got this motherf***er.

Oh, my God.

Take my buddy.

What the f***, Zavala?

You catch 'em, I clean 'em?

Take him.

I don't know,

we got like...

I'm gonna go outside.

Yo, Z, you good?

I'm good, bro.

Z?

I'm good!

What the f***? Whoa, whoa,

whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Federal agents. Who's in charge here?

Are you in charge?

What the f***? I need

to know who's in charge here.

Is this man under arrest?

Yes, sir.

What are the charges

against this man?

Turn that f***ing camera off.

It's off. It's off.

The f***ing camera's off, man.

You guys f***ed up.

Just lost a POI

because of you guys.

Are we clear in there?

Clear.

What the f***, bro?

What did we f*** up?

I don't f***ing know, dude.

Who the f*** is this guy?

I don't f***ing know.

We have one POI.

Dude, I just want to

f***ing talk to this guy.

Let's just get out of here.

I just want to f***ing talk

to him just for a second.

Come on, let's go.

Go ahead.

Sir, I don't want to

cause any trouble here,

but we just f***ing...

We rolled up here...

I don't know what's going on.

It's the second cowboy like

this we've run into in a week.

Watch out for these guys. They

operate by a different set of rules.

I know I'm just

a ghetto street cop,

but you gotta give me

something here.

We've got indicators he's a

runner for the Sinaloa cartel.

Yeah, well, we ran him,

he came up clean, dude.

You guys don't have the proper

clearance for any of this information,

but I'm gonna throw you a bone.

Cartels are operating here.

We're on it. Be careful.

What does that mean, though?

It means you and your

homeboy need to power down.

You just tugged on

the tail of the snake

and it's gonna turn around

and bite you back.

I'm throwing you a bone here.

Be grateful for what I'm giving you.

I'm giving you a warning.

Lay low.

All right, yeah.

Can I get your name for my log?

Negative, move along.

Yeah, all right.

Sir, you know that there's

five-year-old kids in there?

All right, dude. Z.

For six months?

Goodbye. Get off

the crime scene. Go home.

Bye. Yeah.

Have a nice night.

- F***ing feds.

- Z, what the f***, man?

F*** them.

I didn't think that

sh*t came over here, bro.

Kids, women. Did you see that f***ing toilet?

Filled up with sh*t.

Dude, we had no f***ing

business being there.

We didn't even

have a call there.

Dude, I didn't know what we

were f***ing rolling up on.

You think I knew what

we were rolling up on?

Human trafficking.

He's so cute.

You did so good, baby.

I love this smell.

Just hold his

head a little bit.

I am. He's fine.

You gotta hold him like

this, like a football.

I know how to hold a baby.

Babe, please.

Like that.

- Hey.

- Hi.

Oh! Hey, partner,

what's up?

Come here, dude.

Oh!

Look who's here.

How's Mama doing?

Mama's tired and cranky.

Just like baby.

Mama wants to choke Daddy.

Oh, come on, babe.

Did you name him Brian?

Sorry, bro.

He's a junior. I named

him after his daddy.

So what's his name?

F*** you, dude.

Can I hold him?

Yeah.

So sweet.

You're so done, bro.

Mmm-hmm.

Hey, baby.

What are you wearing?

I can say it.

What are you wearing?

I don't care.

You still look good.

Yeah, Brian's right here.

Okay. All right, sorry.

Okay, I love you. Bye.

You didn't even say hi, man.

She was pissed, dude.

How'd you know you were

gonna marry Gabby?

She told me.

I was just some stoner

working at my

uncle's muffler shop,

and one day she grabbed me

by the shoulders and says,

"We're getting married and

you're joining the department,

"because you can make a lot of

money without a college degree."

And I was like,

"F***, yeah."

I mean, you love her. You

guys, like, you never fight.

You're happy together.

She's my b*tch for sure, dude.

I'm just telling you

the way it went down.

I popped her cherry

in high school.

She's never been

with anybody else.

I've never wanted to

be with anybody else.

You know, it's easy.

Things are getting super

serious with Janet and me.

What, you just found that out?

Did you read that in the paper

or something?

Homegirl owns your ass, dude.

Dude, she wants to move in.

She's always over, you know. Why

spend the money on two apartments?

It's not about the money.

No, her parents are

so traditional, dude.

Oh, yeah?

They will go ballistic.

But at least we can tell them

we're engaged, you know.

Oh, whoa! Hold up, bro.

Don't play with that sh*t.

You don't ask

a broad to marry you

because her folks

are old-school.

No, dude, you

don't understand, man.

No, dude, you

don't do that sh*t.

Think about it, man.

Dude, after you think about it,

think about it again. Jesus.

Marriage is forever.

Just realize that.

It's a promise before God.

My grandma was

really deep, dude.

She's seen it all.

You know what I'm saying?

When me and Gabby got engaged,

bro, she asked me one thing.

Do you want to hear it?

Fine, let's hear it.

She said, "Can you

live without her?

"And if the answer is yes,

man up and forget her.

"Don't string her along."

Think about it, bro.

I did.

13X-ray 43.

Officer needs help.

Where?

Newton units, stand by.

X 43 officer needs help.

13X 43, what's your location?

I don't know.

What?

That's Van Hauser's car.

Come on, Boot!

Just book it south.

Go, go, go.

Find a street sign, put it out.

I don't see any!

Is there a number on a house?

A building number?

The house is 3-1-7-7.

Sir, back up!

Holy sh*t. Bro, hook a left on Maple.

13 X-ray 13, show us responding

Code 3 from 3-0 and Maple.

13X 13, roger.

Responding Code 3 Maple and 3-0.

Right there! Right there!

Bro, right there! Go.

13 X-ray 13, show us Code 6

at Compton and 3-1 street.

Who is that?

Taylor and Zavala.

13 X-ray 13, send me an

airship to set up a perimeter.

Oh, sh*t.

Taylor, would you

call for a rescue?

Do not move. What did he look like?

Where'd he go?

Northbound through the houses.

Hispanic male,

blue checkered shirt.

Zero-head, he's a parolee,

he's f***ing huge.

13 X-ray 13,

suspect headed northbound,

heavyset male Hispanic,

shaved head.

Weapon used

was a knife. KMA.

Let's do this sh*t.

Careful, men. On your left.

He's f***ing huge.

- It's clear over here.

- Crossing.

The windows?

You got left?

I got right.

Push, push, push.

You're on my elbow. You call it out.

You call it out if you see it.

Dude, I see him. On the left. On the left.

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David Ayer

David Ayer (born January 18, 1968) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for being the writer of Training Day (2001), and the director and writer of Harsh Times (2005), Street Kings (2008), End of Watch (2012), Sabotage (2014), Fury (2014), and Suicide Squad (2016). more…

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