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Training Day is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Ayer. It stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, two LAPD narcotics officers followed over a 24-hour period in the gang-ridden neighborhoods of Westlake, Echo Park, and South Central Los Angeles. It also features Scott Glenn, Eva Mendes, Cliff Curtis, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Macy Gray in…
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More often than not, I prefer revisiting a familiar film over facing some of the more recent misguided offerings. En no pocas ocasiones prefiero revisitar una película conocida, que enfrentarme a alguna desatinada propuesta más reciente._ Source/Fuente It was Training Day turn, that 2001 film starring Denzel Washington (for which he won the Oscar) and Ethan Hawke . I have always kept it on my list of favorites becau…More
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Source Starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke and directed by Antoine Fuqua, the film follows young cop Jack Hoyt (played by Hawke), assigned to a team led by the experienced and astute detective Alonzo Harris (played by Denzel Washington), and the history of the drug squad he led. The plot follows Hoyt as he experiences a tense and dangerous day while learning about the complex dynamics of the police dep…More
In 1997 *L.A. Confidential* has depicted 1950s Los Angeles as cesspool of police corruption. Four years later another film suggested that things haven’t changed much in next half of century. That film was *Training Day*, 2001 crime thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua. Protagonist is Jake Hoyt (played by Ethan Hawke), young and ambitious LAPD officer who wants of becoming detective in order to increase salary and prov…More
Denzel Washington is one of the most celebrated actors of our time is he not? He hasn't gotten too old for people in their teens and twenties to relate to yet has he? Well before he gets too old for you this movie, Training Day, should be a required viewing for anyone who was alive in 2001. The plot seems usual enough for a cop movie: Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) is assigned to ride along and partner with Alonzo Harris (…More