Reviews

Do I see Charles Barkley as an uncredited bystander in the fight scene in the apartment parking lot? I have watched Training Day numerous times but just paused the scene and could swear it is the Hall of Fame basketballer.

This is a performance in which the sum is greater than the parts. Look at the cast: Andy Garcia, Jack Warden, Treat Williams, Bill Cobbs, Bill Nunn, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe, Gabrielle Anwar. What a collection of actors. And Christopher Walken, his dissolute mobster character ads another great performance to a career of off-beat performances. Garcia has the swagger of Jimmy the Saint. You don't see him on in much else, although he's become the Saint of Hollywood with his varied performances, starting with The Godfather. And the bedroom scene with Treat Williams' character. What an over-the-top nutcase. I like this off-beat movie in the same way I like Two Days in the Valley. Lots of great actors performing in parts that add up to a great outcome.