Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Directed by David Ayer
friendship
street gang
ambush
human trafficking
arrest
shootout
los angeles, california
brutality
gang member
rookie cop
u.s. marine
pregnant wife
found footage
police raid
bullet proof vest
medal of valor
police sergeant
felon
golden gun
cartel
pseudo-documentary
wistful
video camera
factual
excited
found footage adjacent
Rank
#26 in 2012·#1863 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
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Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal
Brian Taylor
Michael Peña
Mike Zavala
Natalie Martinez
Gabby Zavala
Anna Kendrick
Janet Taylor
David Harbour
Van Hauser
Frank Grillo
Sarge
America Ferrera
Officer Orozco
Cody H. Carolin
Officer Davis
Gene Hong
Officer Cho
Cle Sloan
Mr. Tre
Jaime FitzSimons
Captain Reese
Everton Lawrence
Man Friend
Crew
David Ayer
Director
David Ayer
Screenplay
Dody Dorn
Editor
Roman Vasyanov
Director of Photography
John Lesher
Producer
Randall Emmett
Executive Producer
Jake Gyllenhaal
Executive Producer
David Ayer
Producer
Matt Jackson
Producer
Season Kent
Music Supervisor
Gabe Hilfer
Music Supervisor
Veronica Lorenz
Makeup Artist
Popular Reviews
2118 reviews
Kurt Adiao Ryan
5.9★ · 09/03/25
Wow.
I’m not really sure how to feel about this movie, the action scenes were intense and the way most of the movie was shot was hard to like. Two great leads that made this movie somewhat enjoyable to watch at least.
Wow.
I’m not really sure how to feel about this movie, the action scenes were intense and the way most of the movie was shot was hard to like. Two great leads that made this movie somewhat enjoyable to watch at least.
5
2
DavidPRO
5.5★ · 11/05/25
Caricaturic
Caricaturic
3
1
ivo
7.7★ · 03/24/26
i got real sad after watching the movie and still get literal goosebumps when thinking about the ending
i got real sad after watching the movie and still get literal goosebumps when thinking about the ending
