Training Day
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Genre: Thriller, Adventure, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Drama
Year: 2001
Country: United States of America, Australia
Language: English Language, Spanish Language, Russian Language, Standard Mandarin
Starring: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Eva Mendes, Tom Berenger, Snoop Dogg, Raymond Cruz, Nick Chinlund, Harris Yulin, Charlotte Ayanna, Cliff Curtis, Raymond J. Barry, Noel Gugliemi, Dr. Dre, Macy Gray, Peter Greene, Will Foster Stewart, Terry Crews, Namrata Singh Gujral
Training Day is a 2001 crime drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by David Ayer, starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. The plot follows two LAPD narcotics detectives over a 24-hour period in the gang neighborhoods of South and East Los Angeles.
The film was a box office success and earned mostly positive critical appraisals. Washington's performance, a departure from his usual roles, was particularly praised and earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor at the 74th Academy Awards. His co-star Ethan Hawke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a rookie cop. This film was also the debut of R&B singer Grammy-winner Macy Gray as an actress.
The film follows a single day in the life of an LAPD cop, Jake Hoyt (Hawke), who is scheduled to be evaluated by Detective Alonzo Harris (Washington), a highly decorated LAPD narcotics officer who could advance Jake's career. In Alonzo's car, the pair of officers observe teenage Mara Salvatrucha members dealing drugs in a park. Instead of arresting the buyers, Alonzo confiscates the drugs and tells Jake to take a hit from the marijuana. Jake initially refuses, but Alonzo puts a gun to his
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