Passes the Bechdel test
End of Watch
2012. Directed by David Ayer, written by David Ayer.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 65. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
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?
- Released
- 21 Sep 2012
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 68 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 23 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Taylor 240 lines, man
- Zavala 217 lines, man
- Mr. Tre 25 lines, man
- Gabby 24 lines, woman
- Sarge 23 lines, man
- Janet 22 lines, woman
- Orozco 18 lines, woman
- Big Evil 16 lines, man
- La La 16 lines
- Demon 11 lines, man
Full cast, 41 people
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Brian Taylor
- Michael Peña as Mike Zavala
- Natalie Martinez as Gabby Zavala
- Anna Kendrick as Janet Taylor
- David Harbour as Van Hauser
- Frank Grillo as Sarge
- America Ferrera as Officer Orozco
- Cody H. Carolin as Officer Davis
- Shondrella Avery as Bonita
- Hugh Daly as Homicide Detective 2
- Gene Hong as Officer Cho
- Cle Sloan as Mr. Tre
- Jaime FitzSimons as Captain Reese
- Everton Lawrence as Man Friend
- Zone as Too Tall
- Alvin Norman as Peanut
- Richard Cabral as Demon
- Diamonique as Wicked
- Maurice Compte as Big Evil
- Flakiss as La La
- Manny Jimenez Jr. as Casper
- Nikki Nicholle Barreras as Cindy
- Kristy Wu as Sook
- Candace Smith as Sharice
- Corina Calderon as Jazmine
- David Fernandez Jr. as Spooky
- McKinley Freeman as Williams
- Kevin Vance as Ice Agent
- David Castañeda as Mexican Cowboy
- John A. Russo as LAPD Honor Guard
- Michael Monks as Homicide Detective 1
- Serene Branson as Self
- Ramon Camacho as Tall Cowboy
- Eric Garcetti as Self
- Nelly Castillo as Young Mother
- Judy Echavez as Elmeida
- Ruben Roberto Gomez as Drunken Party Guest
- Robert Gatewood as Illegal Imigrant
- Diana Noris Smith as Maria
- Ron Roggé as Pastor Simons
- Tony Sagastizado I as Neighbor (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 65
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 to 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 to 6 | 5 | 46 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 to 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 11 to 12 | 8 | 40 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 to 16 | 1 | 37 |
| 17 to 18 | 15 | 5 |
| 19 to 20 | 9 | 3 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 57 |
| 23 to 24 | 1 | 36 |
| 25 to 26 | 2 | 26 |
| 27 to 28 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 to 34 | 1 | 33 |
| 35 to 36 | 2 | 13 |
| 37 to 38 | 21 | 19 |
| 39 to 40 | 1 | 13 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 20 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 14 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 to 50 | 11 | 19 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 21 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 15 |
| 55 to 56 | 1 | 9 |
| 57 to 58 | 1 | 14 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 3 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 22 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 65 | 0 | 27 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JANET: What do you do Gabby? GABBY: I teach first graders for the school district. So dealing with a bunch of cops is easy for me. JANET: You know I never dated a cop before. GABBY: Good. That's a good sign. You'll get used to it. Sort of.
GABBY: They're so pretty, thank you. JANET: How's mama doing? GABBY: Mama's tired and cranky. Just like baby. Mama wants to choke her mama.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 13 are women's.
88 lines from women, 575 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
11 women and 21 men in the cast. 3 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 34 of 748.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 73 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (989), men 86% (6,253). Women have 13% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
7
Two men
64
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Ayer (man)
- Written by
- David Ayer (man)
- Produced by
- David Ayer (man), Matt Jackson (man), John Lesher (man)
- Shot by
- Roman Vasyanov (man)
- Edited by
- Dody Dorn (woman)
- Music by
- David Sardy (man)
- Production design by
- Devorah Herbert (woman)
- Costumes by
- Mary Claire Hannan (woman)
- Cast by
- Lindsay Graham Ahanonu (woman), Mary Vernieu (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
2 women, 11 men, 3 not listed
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Other crew
4 women, 8 men, 3 not listed
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Production
3 women, 9 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
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Art
2 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 30 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Cody H. Carolin 25, Anna Kendrick 27, Natalie Martinez 28, America Ferrera 28, Shondrella Avery 41
Men
Jake Gyllenhaal 31, Michael Peña 36, David Harbour 37, Frank Grillo 47, Hugh Daly 51
Exhibit H: the money
It made 7.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $55.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 65 scenes and 748 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
