Training Day2001
Training Day (2001)
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Critic Consensus: The ending may be less than satisfying, but Denzel Washington reminds us why he's such a great actor in this taut and brutal police drama.
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Cast
as Alonzo
as Jake
as Roger
as Stan
as Doug
as Lou
as Smiley
as Paul
as Blue
as Lisa
as Sara
as Tim
as Mark
as Sniper
as Lisa
as Moreno
as Letty
as Dining Car Waiter
as Sandman's Wife
as Gangster
as Dice Player 4
as Alonzo's Son
as College Driver
as Diner Waitress
as Wig Store Owner
as Veterano
as Dreamer
as Dice Player 1
as Female College Passenger
as Dice Player 2
as PeeWee
as Dice Player 3
as LAPD Pilot
as Bone
as Male College Passenger
as Neto
as Crackhead 2
as Dimitri
as Crackhead 1
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Critic Reviews for Training Day
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If he makes it through the trial by fire -- and a blandly twisting plot with no meaningful revelations or substantial themes -- Hawke will get a promotion, but there's nothing in it for us.
Director Fuqua keeps it slick and sleazy and stokes up the race some, but this only accelerates the movie's deafening rush toward the top and ever over.
On a purely visceral level, Training Day is easily the most exciting movie out there right now, but as a morality tale with anything large on its mind, it's a cop-out.
Training Day isn't just one of the finest cops-and-robbers thrillers of recent years, full of devious twists and gut-grinding tension, but it also steers clear of convenient moral formulas.
Training Day is a tense, polished, well-made action thriller that suffers from bad timing.
As usual Washington is astounding. He grabs the screen like a vise and never lets go.
Audience Reviews for Training Day
American cinema at his best. One of the best and clever films ever made.
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This cop thriller spans over not much more than 12 hours of tough, gritty and morally grey work in the ugly parts of LA. Between drug addicts, dealers and gang members the rookie gets his lessons by the leader of the pack. Washington and Hawke are perfect choices for their roles and especially Denzel's performance is magnificent, keeping his character somewhere between insanity and reason, menacing and jovial at the same time, deserving the Oscar he got for it. As an outsider, it is hard to say how realistic the film, as it isn't exactly painting a very flattering picture of the LAPD. But it is the lack of any morally comforting formulas that makes the plot so enthralling. Does the rookie get an important lesson or is he in the car with the devil? This question, carried by the strong performances and a great cinematography make this film work. As things get more and more dire, the audience can't help but get engaged. Excellent.
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Training Day Quotes
| Jake: | I told you that's my evidence, do you want to go to jail or do you want to go home? |
| Alonzo Harris: | King Kong ain't got shit on me! |
| Alonzo Harris: | You gotta be a wolf to catch a wolf. |
| Jake Hoyt: | You gotta control your smiles & cries because that's all you have & nobody can take that away from you. |