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Cast

Denzel Washington
as Alonzo

Ethan Hawke
as Jake

Scott Glenn
as Roger

Tom Berenger
as Stan

Harris Yulin
as Doug

Raymond J. Barry
as Lou

Cliff Curtis
as Smiley

Dr. Dre
as Paul

Snoop Dogg
as Blue

Charlotte Ayanna
as Lisa

Eva Mendes
as Sara

Nick Chinlund
as Tim

Jaime Gómez
as Mark

Raymond Cruz
as Sniper

Charlotte Aryanna
as Lisa

Noel Gugliemi
as Moreno

Samantha Becker
as Letty

Richard Browner
as Dining Car Waiter

Macy Gray
as Sandman's Wife

Ronald Ellis
as Gangster

William English
as Dice Player 4

Kyjel N. Jolly
as Alonzo's Son

Fran Krantz
as College Driver

Janeen Krikorian
as Diner Waitress

Princera Lee
as Wig Store Owner

Robert Leon
as Veterano

Seidy Lopez
as Dreamer

Kenneth Allen Madden
as Dice Player 1

Sarah Danielle Madison
as Female College Passenger

Chris Patterson
as Dice Player 2

Rudy Perez
as PeeWee

Darrel Sellers
as Dice Player 3

Ben Skorstad
as LAPD Pilot

Cle "Bone" Sloan
as Bone

Brett Sorenson
as Male College Passenger

Abel Soto
as Neto

Will Foster Stewart
as Crackhead 2

Denzel Whitaker
as Dimitri

Garland Whitt
as Crackhead 1

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• Aug 30, 2013

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  Directors C Super Reviewer
• Mar 16, 2013

  Training Day is a decent film, but let's not deny the main thing keeping it afloat is Denzel. Ethan Hawke doesn't seem like a cop at all, and the script hardly gets you invested in any of the characters. This is not to say it wasn't entertaining: some of the scenes are really tense, particularly in the first half, but the intelligent script starts to wear off later on. Luckily, it does manage to hold together all of it's great themes until the very end. If you're looking for a good corrupted cop movie, L.A. Confidential is better, but Training Day is still worth checking out for Denzel Washington's strong performance.
  

  Kevin M Super Reviewer
• Nov 29, 2012

  It is terribly unbelievable of course but it is so terribly delicious. You can see Denzel Washington just relishing this role and making the most of it. Ethan Hawke can barely stand the pace.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Feb 06, 2012

  Training Day is a gripping thriller, despite the fact that it trades in rusty corrupt cop and film noir cliches, plus a wack of borrowed scenes from other movies. This is due to the talents of three men who elevate this into something truly special: Denzel Washington, charismatic leading man doing the best work of his career as a bad guy (he should do more bad ass dudes, and won Oscar for this), Ethan Hawke, who takes on the earnest and idealistic rookie role and makes a meal of it, has never been better, and super talented director Antoine Fuqua, who insisted the real locations and extras, creating a versimilitude of inner city of Los Angeles in a way that has never been done better in a mainstream Hollywood potboiler. The naive rookie coupled with the corrupt veteran has been done a million times, but this works because of the superb chemistry of Denzel and Ethan, and a black humour that coexists on the knife edge of menace. On the down side, the last act and its resolution trades in ridiculous unlikely coincidences that make no sense, but we as viewers are already on board for the ride, so the filmmakers get away with it. For example (spoiler alert) Denzel steals money from his best pal and cruelly executes him just so the greek tragedy is set up for the end. Later, the whole hood, to a man, that Denzel controls conveniently turn against him, for no apparent reason, leading to his demise. Then there are echos of other scenes from better movies such as the Godfather, Sonny Corleone's legendarily brutal machine gun execution which is recreated almost verbatim. See if you can spot others. All in all, a good way to spend two hours, provided you don't expect much originality.
  Josh M Super Reviewer

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