Training Day
Training Day is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Ayer. It stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, two LAPD narcotics officers followed over a 24-hour period in the gang-ridden neighborhoods of Westlake, Echo Park, and South Central Los Angeles. It also features Scott Glenn, Eva Mendes, Cliff Curtis, Andre Young, Calvin Broadus, and Macy Gray in supporting roles.
Plot
Jake Hoyt, an ambitious LAPD officer, is assigned to work with Detective Alonzo Harris, a highly decorated narcotics officer for a one-day evaluation to determine if Jake will be invited to join the narcotics squad. Driving around in Alonzo's Monte Carlo, they begin the day by catching some college kids buying marijuana. Alonzo confiscates the drugs, puts them into a pipe and tells Jake to smoke it. When Jake refuses, Alonzo threatens him at gunpoint, stating that such a refusal while on the streets would get him killed. Jake smokes the pipe and gets very high. Alonzo laughs, disclosing that it was laced with PCP.
Awards
Cast
- Charlotte Ayanna
- Cliff Curtis
- David Ayer
- Denzel Washington
- Denzel Whitaker
- Dr. Dre
- Ethan Hawke
- Eva Mendes
- Fran Kranz
- Harris Yulin
- Jaimé P. Gomez
- Macy Gray
- Namrata Singh Gujral
- Nick Chinlund
- Pedro Castillo
- Raymond Cruz
- Raymond J. Barry
- Samantha Esteban
- Sarah Danielle Madison
- Scott Glenn
- Seidy López
- Snoop Dogg
- Terry Crews
- Tom Berenger