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Training Day (2001)

Training Day
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Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Eva Mendes, Tom Berenger, Snoop Dogg ... (see more)

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears as.

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R, 2 hrs. 3 min.
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Release Date: Oct 05, 2001
DVD Release Date: Jun 01, 2004

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4 hours ago
This was a pretty good crime film. Denzel Washington was absolute class.
18 hours ago
Denzel was much better in the Hurricane, which is the role he should have won the Oscar for, not this one.
20 hours ago
A wondeful film that makes you question what is the right way and what is the wrong way. Denzel Washington's character is a cop who has stepped over to the dark-side too many times and is lost. Mentoring his new partner he makes Ethan Hawke's chara... (read more)
1 day ago
Drama polisi dengan sentuhan yg sangat kuat dengan dialog yang sangat pintar. Denzel Washington berhasil menyihir penonton dengan talenta gemilangnya di film ini. Secara keseluruhan, film ini memang tidak memiliki cerita yg bisa dinikmati secara maks... (read more)
1 day ago
No Matter how many times that I've seen it......Denzel is truly one of the GREATEST Actors of my life time. Only in this Movie...can Washington, Hawke, Mendes & SNOOP, do sucha a WONDERFUL potrayal of REAL LIFE on the Streets!!! A +!!!!

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3015 days ago
David Edelstein, Slate
Giving Alonso a melodramatic secret -- a reason for this particular behavior on this particular day -- trivializes the whole exercise.
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3015 days ago
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
While Training Day is a violent film, its brutality takes place in a believable moral universe and isn't just tossed in to give us a thrill.
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3015 days ago
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Here's a cop drama with some brutal smarts, rather than dumb brutality and smart-alecky one-liners.
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3015 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
For its kinetic energy and acting zeal, I enjoyed the movie. I like it when actors go for broke.
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3016 days ago
Claudia Puig, USA Today
With its unflinching style, Training Day can be hard to sit through at times. But it's worth the discomfort for the adrenaline rush of the plot and Washington's compelling performance.
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