A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 18 wins & 23 nominations total
- Sara
- (as Eva Mendez)
- Mark
- (as Jaime P. Gomez)
- Moreno
- (as Noel Guglielmi)
- Letty
- (as Samantha Becker)
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- TriviaThe line "King Kong ain't got shit on me!" was ad-libbed by Denzel Washington.
- GoofsAfter stealing Sandman's money, three bullets are fired through the back window of the Monte Carlo as Jake and Alonzo drive off. At the angle they were fired at, all three bullets would have exited the car through the windshield or would be driven through the driver and/or passenger seats, yet all three bullets magically disappear without striking anything once they go through the back window.
- Quotes
Alonzo Harris: [to the residents of The Jungle] Aww, you motherfuckers. Okay. Alright. I'm putting cases on all you bitches. Huh. You think you can do this shit... Jake. You think you can do this to me? You motherfuckers will be playing basketball in Pelican Bay when I get finished with you. SHU program, nigga. 23 hour lockdown. I'm the man up in this piece. You'll never see the light of... who the fuck do you think you're fucking with? I'm the police, I run shit around here. You just live here. Yeah, that's right, you better walk away. Go on and walk away... 'cause I'm gonna' burn this motherfucker down. King Kong ain't got shit on me. That's right, that's right. Shit, I don't, fuck. I'm winning anyway, I'm winning... I'm winning any motherfucking way. I can't lose. Yeah, you can shoot me, but you can't kill me.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits after the title is shown.
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Written by Franky Perez
Performed by Franky Perez
Courtesy of Lava/Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
His training officer is Denzel Washington, a thirteen year veteran on the police who's put in a few years in plainclothes in Narcotics. He certainly has the experience, but just what kind of experience and what he imparts to Hawke is the subject of Training Day.
A film like Training Day will rise and fall with the performances of these two characters since one or the other and mostly both is on screen from the beginning. Fortunately both Washington and Hawke complement each other's performances like jigsaw puzzle fit.
It is no accident that Denzel Washington won his second Oscar, his first as Best Actor. This performance is working on so many levels it's astonishing. Washington is at all times, charming, capable, corrupt, violent, street smart, and arrogant. What I liked most about it is how the various facets of this character are revealed bit by bit to the audience and to Hawke though not at the same time.
As for Ethan Hawke it takes him to realize just exactly what he's dealing with in a training officer. Hawke was nominated himself as Best Supporting Actor, but lost to Jim Broadbent for Iris. Still it remains his career role so far.
Corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department isn't exactly a new story. In fact one of the supporting players, Scott Glenn who plays a drug peddler and well, did another film about LAPD corruption in Extreme Justice. LA Confidential also dealt with this issue recently, another fine film.
Denzel Washington is a great example in this film of the arrogance of power. He's a guy who dispenses more street justice than going through the traditional system. So with what happens to him here, he gets one of the best comeuppances ever seen on the big screen.
And I won't say what it is, but you've got to see Training Day to find out.
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- Apr 19, 2008
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- Country of origin
- Official site
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- Also known as
- Ngày Huấn Luyện
- Filming locations
- 1031 Everett St, Los Angeles, California, USA(Rogers' house)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $76,631,907
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $22,550,788
- Oct 7, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $104,876,233
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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