Training Day (Snap Case)
On his first day on the job as an undercover narcotics officer Jake Hoyt is paired up with L.A.P.D. narcotics veteran Alonzo Harris, and as the day moves on he begins to question Alonzo's methods for ridding the streets of drugs and criminals.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 14-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
A powerhouse performance by Denzel Washington fuels this brutal urban police drama, in which a rookie narcotics cop learns the hard way that even good cops can go very, very bad. Washington plays veteran detective Alonzo Harris, a self-proclaimed "wolf among wolves," eager to teach his rookie partner Jake (Ethan Hawke) that normal rules don't apply on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Caught in a web of deception, Jake watches with escalating horror as Alonzo uses his badge (and the support of his superiors) to justify a self-righteous policy of corruption. In stark contrast to most of his previous work, Denzel unleashes his dark side with fearlessness and fury, and the result is excellence without compromise. Director Antoine Fuqua (The Replacement Killers) won't score any points for subtlety, but gritty details (including actual L.A. gang members as extras) and Hawke's finely tuned performance are perfectly matched to Washington's frightening volatility. --Jeff Shannon
A powerhouse performance by Denzel Washington fuels this brutal urban police drama, in which a rookie narcotics cop learns the hard way that even good cops can go very, very bad. Washington plays veteran detective Alonzo Harris, a self-proclaimed "wolf among wolves," eager to teach his rookie partner Jake (Ethan Hawke) that normal rules don't apply on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Caught in a web of deception, Jake watches with escalating horror as Alonzo uses his badge (and the support of his superiors) to justify a self-righteous policy of corruption. In stark contrast to most of his previous work, Denzel unleashes his dark side with fearlessness and fury, and the result is excellence without compromise. Director Antoine Fuqua (The Replacement Killers) won't score any points for subtlety, but gritty details (including actual L.A. gang members as extras) and Hawke's finely tuned performance are perfectly matched to Washington's frightening volatility. --Jeff Shannon
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Denzel Washington, one of my favorite actors, won his second Academy Award, this one for Best Actor, playing an unscrupulous, evil, demented police officer working the mean streets of Los Angeles. He gets a new partner in the form of Ethan Hawke, a young and innocent new rookie cop who is shocked by his partners unorthadox ways. "Training Day" is fast-paced, involving, and action packed, and just when you think the villin is going to get away with being bad, your vaulted out of your seat. Normally villins in movie history never win Oscars for their portrayals, but Denzel is so convincing you forget any of his other performances, a true mark of a splendid and versatile actor. The DVD set comes with audio commentary, an HBO look behind the scenes of the movie, 2 music videos, alternate ending, and more. The DVD is single layered. Rolling Stone says, "Denzel Washington is a sparking, snapping live wire".
This movie is the best movie of all times... Quality is amazing, sound is really awesome.
Again I do not like Denzel Washington in this type of movie. This, to me was a horrible movie, full of violence and vulgar language, which I do not think should be in any movie. Not the vulgar language used in this movie and the lewd scenes. Had I known this was the type of movie I was purchasing from Amazon, I would not have bought it.
Training Day is an awesome movie hands down. The fact that I can watch it with my sweet new blueray player on my sweet new HDTV makes it even better. I have it hooked in to my surround sound and the clip when denzel starts up the monte and that rap song starts playing... oh man, amazing.
Good performances by all in this drama set in the South Central area of Los Angeles. Denzel is excellant, as usual. Good realism, good story, a little short on the ending, but still good.
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