Movie: Training Day.
Released: 2001.
IMDB rank: 7.5.
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Notes: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Handsome, charismatic and talented Denzel Washington has very nearly always played good guys. In Training Day, he diverts from his typical roles to show us a cop, Alonzo, on the dark side, who respects no one, and goes through the day living by intimidation. Ethan Hawke is the unfortunate young cop, Jake, who gets paired up with him, and gets constantly bullied by him. Alonzo justifies his intimidation tactics as necessary for teach Jake street survival skills. But we and Jake know that Alonzo and the other corrupt police officers go way too far beyond the call of duty – in the wrong direction. The question is whether Jake has the inner strength to survive long enough to prove this.

Director: Antoine Fuqua.
Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller.
Writer(s): David Ayer.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Macy Gray, Eva Mendes.
Runtime: 120 min.

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