Jake Gyllenhaal and his buddy are cops in LA. Jake is also studying some such or other and this means he carries a camera around with him to capture all their shenanigans. We then follow them all through their day as they chat and bust some crims. Inadvertently they piss of some serious cartel people who also for some reason carry a camera. Heads then butt and the action is ramped up somewhat unrealistically and we all want to become LA cops, hoooah!
On paper the premise of this film may have seemed a bit rubbish and unoriginal. This is due to the sheer amount of home footage films and due to the majority of them being rubbish. Good news then that this breaks the generic mold and is actually a very good film. Yes the reasons why they all seem to have cameras don't fully make sense and yes sometimes they don't even explain who is even meant to be filming but if you can overlook that it doesn't really matter. Jake Gyllenhaal is turning out to be one of the best actors out there, he rarely does a film I don't like and even when I don't like it he is often the best thing in it. In this it is all about his relationship with his partner which is both believable and entertaining. A lot of the film is just them two in a car talking about their lives and surprisingly is the best bit. I would have happily followed the two of them around for the entire film. Due to this it feels kind of out of place once the action sequences occur. Its not to say the scenes aren't good or that they don't fit its just that the understated buddy cop scenes are so good you just feel like you want more of them. Overall it is a very good film and I enjoyed it very much.
Verdict: 4/5
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