Training Day

2002 • 122 minutter

Om denne film

Denzel Washington leverer en Academy Award-vindende præstation i samspil med Ethan Hawke i dette rå drama som finder sted i den moralsk tvetydige verden af hemmeligt politiarbejde. Hver dag udspiller der sig en krig mellem narkohandlere og politi på gaderne i USA's storbyer. I enhver krig er der ofre, og et af dem er veteranen Alonzo Harris (Washington) med 13 års erfaring i LA’s narkoafdeling. Hans tvivlsomme metoder udvisker grænsen mellem lov og korruption. I dag møder Alonzo sin nye partner, den idealistiske rekrut Jake Hoyt (Hawke), og Jake får kun én dag til at bevise sit mod over for sin yderst karismatiske overordnede. I løbet af 24 timer bliver Jake inddraget i Alonzos etisk tvivlsomme verden hvor begge mænd risikerer deres liv og karriere for at tjene modstridende juridiske interesser.

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Just another movie making all cops look bad like the crew of the vice squad Denzel seems to be in charge of. He did a good job showing the first day of the new guy but once he uses his peer pressure to get his trainee (Ethan Hawke) to smoke crack you could almost count on the ending the way it did. Denzel did not give the quality performance of his previous movies nor did he give it the depth that he has done in the past! Sorry Denzel not your best work.

This movie had every angle that you want action pack, suspenseful, plot twist, and of course the bad guy gets it in the end. The only thing I didn't like is out of all the great movies Denzel has played in he never got an Oscar until this movie. All the actors were excellent as well.

Denzel is dynamite and Ethan is the fall guy. Tons of action, both actors were superb. Even a little Scott Glenn... You can watch this one over and over again. I had three Monte Carlos, but never as cool as the one in the movie- awesome!