Training Day
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On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
What critics thought
Training Day earned generally favorable notices on the strength of Denzel Washington's ferociously committed turn as a corrupt LAPD detective — a role critics found genuinely startling given his usual screen persona. The film's gritty, kinetic energy and tight direction drew wide praise, but the climax divided reviewers sharply, with some finding it a satisfying payoff and others calling it a simplistic letdown that undercuts an otherwise propulsive thriller.
“Washington seems to enjoy a performance that's over the top and down the other side”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“it aims to be a contemporary L.A. Confidential - but crumples with a simplistic, unbelievable climax.”
Jeffrey Westhoff·Northwest Herald
“Denzel Washington ventures into the dark side as a seriously corrupt narcotics cop... and the results are electrifying. So is the picture, thanks to taut, sinewy direction by Antoine Fuqua and a compelling script by David Ayer.”
Michael Rechtshaffen·The Hollywood Reporter
“the film offers the unsettling spectacle of Denzel Washington, whose old-fashioned combination of decency and sexiness suggests the African American counterpart to Gregory Peck (in his To Kill a Mockingbird period), as an LAPD cop so evil he makes Harvey Keitel's Bad Lieutenant look like even smaller potatoes than he was meant to be”
Amy Taubin·The Village Voice
Accolades
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Antoine FuquaDirector
Denzel WashingtonAlonzo
Ethan HawkeJake
Scott GlennRoger
Tom BerengerStan Gursky
Harris YulinDoug Rosselli
Raymond J. BarryLou Jacobs
Cliff CurtisSmiley
Dr. DrePaul
Snoop DoggBlue
Macy GraySandman's Wife
Charlotte AyannaLisa
Eva MendesSara
Mark MancinaComposer
David AyerWriter
Mauro FioreCinematographyTraining Day
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
What critics thought
Training Day earned generally favorable notices on the strength of Denzel Washington's ferociously committed turn as a corrupt LAPD detective — a role critics found genuinely startling given his usual screen persona. The film's gritty, kinetic energy and tight direction drew wide praise, but the climax divided reviewers sharply, with some finding it a satisfying payoff and others calling it a simplistic letdown that undercuts an otherwise propulsive thriller.
“Washington seems to enjoy a performance that's over the top and down the other side”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“it aims to be a contemporary L.A. Confidential - but crumples with a simplistic, unbelievable climax.”
Jeffrey Westhoff·Northwest Herald
“Denzel Washington ventures into the dark side as a seriously corrupt narcotics cop... and the results are electrifying. So is the picture, thanks to taut, sinewy direction by Antoine Fuqua and a compelling script by David Ayer.”
Michael Rechtshaffen·The Hollywood Reporter
“the film offers the unsettling spectacle of Denzel Washington, whose old-fashioned combination of decency and sexiness suggests the African American counterpart to Gregory Peck (in his To Kill a Mockingbird period), as an LAPD cop so evil he makes Harvey Keitel's Bad Lieutenant look like even smaller potatoes than he was meant to be”
Amy Taubin·The Village Voice
Accolades
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Antoine FuquaDirectorDenzel WashingtonAlonzoEthan HawkeJakeScott GlennRogerTom BerengerStan GurskyHarris YulinDoug RosselliRaymond J. BarryLou JacobsCliff CurtisSmileyDr. DrePaulSnoop DoggBlueMacy GraySandman's WifeCharlotte AyannaLisaEva MendesSaraMark MancinaComposerDavid AyerWriterMauro FioreCinematographyRent & Buy