Michael Pena & Jake Gyllenhaal
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By Darren Bignell from LOVEFiLMWriter-director David Ayer raises the bar with this found footage style movie, starring hot property Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena as street cops in downtown L.A.
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One to watch
By Norfolkgal (55 reviews) , 14 Nov 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
Excellent film if you can cope with its hand held camera style. Jake Gyllenhaal is very good as police officer Brian Taylor although you wonder if the real L A police would be as sensitive as in his portrayal of one.
There have been so many cop movies so that the angle of this one from a ride along perspective was at least a little different. This dramatical representation of life as a policeman in L A shows the dangers involved in such a job and the criminals in this film were played with zeal.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(154)Unpredictable Watch
By a customer , 22 May 2013Brilliant, characters really grab you and draw you further into the story line. Plenty of events that weren't expected kept it interesting for me. All in all an intriguing film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Not all it was cracked up to be
By kew12 (3 reviews) , 20 May 2013Entertaining, pretty dark and the two leads have a believable friendship (although I thought Michael Pena's character was a bit trite). It wasn't as great or as original as film reviewers led me to expect though.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Dire Plot with plenty for those that like bad music and foul language
By Baz43 (1 review) , 20 May 2013I am amazed that this has such a good review. The film is full of bad language that delivers nothing to the at best weak plot. Most of the film is filled with trivial dialogue between the two lead parts with occasional busts of violent action. Part of the film attempts to make a feature out of amateurish camera work which only reinforces the poor quality of the tale. The two lead parts appeared to have talent dreadfully let down by poor overall plot and tatty script. This is one of the most dire films that I have seen in recent years.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Swear as much as you can
By a customer , 19 May 2013If you enjoy 30 fxxxks per minute then rent this, if not, like me, you can not tolerate such unecessary swearing then don't. I had to eject it after 15 minutes due to being oversaturated with swear words, and I am no prude, I worked in a factory.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Avoid the disappointment and watch something else
By mulletman (1 review) , 17 May 2013This is not a good film. Unrealistic, pointless and frankly boring. One or two tense moments give a glimmer of the potential this film could of had but sadly doesn't follow through.- Was this review helpful to you?
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