Training Day

Denzel Washington gives an Oscar-winning performance as a corrupt undercover L.A. cop tutoring an idealistic rookie (Ethan Hawke)., Unorthodox veteran officer Alonzo Harris guides rookie cop Jake Hoyt through his first day with the Los Angeles Police Department’s inner-city narcotics unit. But as Harris’ methods grow increasingly erratic, Hoyt finds himself questioning the detective’s loyalties., Jake Hoyt is tired of his quiet beat in a calm and serene suburb of Los Angeles. With the need for a challenge, he gets himself re-assigned to the narcotics division of the LAPD which enforces some of the cities grittiest areas. The catch is he has only one day to prove himself worthy of this world of undercover police investigation. His trainer is Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris, a 13-year narcotics veteran who has long since blurred the line between legality and corruption., Jake Hoyt has just one day to convince veteran narcotics officer Alonso Harris to let him join his team. Harris is the best, with a glittering reputation for arrests, but Hoyt finds out that the legend plays by his own, dirty rules. Thriller., Taut urban crime drama following a rookie cop’s first day of training in an elite LAPD narcotics squad headed by a veteran policeman with an extreme, often morally questionable approach to law enforcement. The shell-shocked greenhorn is left to consider whether these unorthodox methods are an abuse of power or a necessary evil in a city overrun by violent crime., Jake Hoyt has just one day to convince veteran narcotics officer Alonso Harris to let him join his team. Harris is the best, with a glittering reputation for arrests, but Hoyt finds out that the legend plays by his own, dirty rules., Denzel Washington gives an Oscar-winning performance in this brutal and riveting crime drama. He’s frighteningly convincing as a corrupt undercover L.A. cop who tutors an idealistic rookie (Ethan Hawke, who received a Best Supporting Actor nod). Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin., Denzel Washington delivers an Academy Award-winning performance opposite Ethan Hawke in this gritty drama set in the morally ambiguous world of undercover police work. Every day a war rages between drug dealers and cops on the streets of America’s inner cities. With every war come casualties, none greater than 13-year veteran Los Angeles narcotics officer Alonzo Harris (Washington), whose questionable methods blur the line between legal and corrupt. Today Alonzo gets a new partner, idealistic rookie Jake Hoyt (Hawke), and Jake has one day–and one day only–to prove his mettle to his fiercely charismatic superior. Over 24 hours, Jake will be dragged into the ethical mire of Alonzo’s logic as both men risk their careers and their lives to serve conflicting notions of justice. Starring Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke & Macy Gray., Denzel Washington gives an Oscar-winning performance as a corrupt undercover Los Angeles cop tutoring an idealistic rookie., Dark police thriller. A rookie cop is teamed with a hardened commander to prove himself for his first day on the streets., The Fast and the Furious (2001) screenwriter David Ayer follows up that fast-paced action hit with this gritty cop drama from director Antoine Fuqua. Ethan Hawke stars as Jake Hoyt, a fresh-faced Los Angeles Police Department rookie anxious to join the elite narcotics squad headed up by 13-year veteran Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington). Harris has agreed to give Hoyt a shot at joining his team with a one-day ride-along during which Hoyt must prove his mettle. As the day wears on, however, it becomes increasingly clear to the greenhorn that his experienced mentor has blurred the line between right and wrong to an alarming degree, enforcing his own morally compromised code of ethics and street justice. As he struggles with his conscience, an increasingly alarmed Hoyt begins to suspect that he’s not really being given an audition at all; he’s being set up as the fall guy in an elaborate scheme. Training Day co-stars Tom Berenger, Scott Glenn, and recording artists Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Macy Gray., Dark police thriller. A rookie cop (Ethan Hawke) is teamed with a hardened commander (Denzel Washington) to prove himself for his first day on the streets., Veteran officer Denzel Washington throws rookie cop Ethan Hawke in the deep end of the LA police beat., ake Hoyt has just one day to convince veteran narcotics officer Alonso Harris to let him join his team. Harris is the best, with a glittering reputation for arrests, but Hoyt finds out that the legend plays by his own, dirty rules. Thriller.