Training Day

2002 • 122 minutes

À propos de ce film

Jake Hoyt est une nouvelle recrue de la police de Los Angeles. Décidé à devenir inspecteur, il sollicite une mise à l'essai de 24 heures auprès du sergent chef Alonzo Harris, un vétéran de la lutte antidrogue qui opère depuis douze ans dans les quartiers les plus chauds de la ville. D'emblée, Harris fait monter la pression, considérant Jake comme un gamin, raillant sa candeur et son inexpérience. Commencent alors une longue et périlleuse tournée à travers les bas-quartiers, les premiers contacts rudes avec les dealers et les informateurs, la découverte d'un monde trouble où Harris se meut en grand seigneur. Peu à peu, Jake apprend à connaître le policier : son cynisme et son jusqu'au-boutisme fanatique, qui les entraîneront dans des situations de plus en plus dangereuses.

Notes et avis

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!