Jake Gyllenhaal Action Thriller By David Ayer Gets Perfect Accuracy Score From Impressed Firefighter

Summary

• A firefighter rates Jake Gyllenhaal’s rescue scene in
  End of Watch
  as spot-on and realistic.
• Gyllenhaal’s actions in the scene align with proper firefighting techniques for a house fire.
• The movie’s realism and attention to detail earned it high praise from both critics and first responders.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s 2012 action thriller End of Watch gets an impressive response from a firefighter. Written and directed by David Ayer, this thriller follows the day-to-day lives of two Los Angeles police officers as they attempt to stop and deal with a large gang presence in their area. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala, along with the Emmy Award winner America Ferrera, David Harbour, Frank Grillo, Natalie Martinez, and Anna Kendrick.

Now, in a recent video by Insider, firefighter Anthony Martinez rates a scene from this thriller where Jake Gyllenhaal had to rescue a baby from a house fire.

Martinez explains that every move that Gyllenhaal made in that scene was spot on and adds that he would likely have done the exact thing if he had been in that situation.

So at that point you definitely want to maintain the low crawl because again, the minute you stand up, you’re being exposed to that really hot gas. Even with me in bunker gear, I notice a building’s hot when my shoulders start to burn. The only thing I would add to it is trying to cover at least the lower portion of my mouth. One of the things I was always taught, especially in the academy is, bad air is better than no air. So even if you’re breathing in smoke, you want to get low and that’s exactly what they did.

Well they did exactly what I would have done. I would have tried to cover the baby up as much as possible to try not to get the baby exposed to heat as well as the smoke. They have a higher chance of dying from a smoke inhalation fire, so we would smother them a little bit, just enough to get them out of that structure and then bring them to fresh air.

Well at that point they’re probably going to need medical attention. We wouldn’t want them running off. When you have that much smoke inhalation, we can only imagine the level of CO2 that’s in your bloodstream. I would definitely give this a 10/10 for realism just because they did exactly what a civilian or first responder would do in a situation like that when they come into a house fire. This is actually as real as it gets.

End Of Watch Is Arguably David Ayer’s Finest Work To Date

Ayer Has A Long History With Crime Thrillers

Prior to the release of End of Watch, director David Ayer had grown a reputation for directing and writing some of the finest crime thrillers. In 2001, the 56-year-old wrote Training Day, a Denzel Washington-led thriller that received numerous accolades and highlighted Ayer as one of the brightest minds in the crime genre. In the same year, he co-wrote the first movie in the extensive Fast & Furious franchise, further expanding and proving his range.

So it didn’t come as much of a surprise when End of Watch, his third directorial outing, came in 2012 and was met with largely positive reviews. The movie emphasized Ayer’s delicate storytelling ability, his keen attention to detail, and his trademark authenticity. On the review aggregator website, End of Watch holds an 85% approval rating, his strongest score to date.

While Ayer was highly commended for his work on End of Watch, Gyllenhaal and Peña also received praise for their brilliant acting in the movie. The two formed a formidable duo as two close friends and LAPD partners, which made the movie even more endearing. Additionally, the movie’s spot-on realism, like Martinez highlighted above, adds to the appeal of the movie, making it arguably Ayer’s best.

End of Watch
is available to stream on Prime Video and Paramount+.

Source: Insider