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, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Macy Gray in supporting roles.
Plot
Jake Hoyt, an ambitious LAPD police officer, is assigned to work with Detective Alonzo Harris, a highly decorated narcotics officer,, for a one-day evaluation ahead of Hoyt's anticipated promotion. 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 Alonzo laughs, telling him 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
More details
| author | David Ayer |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Actor MTV Movie Award for Best Villain |
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Antoine Fuqua |
| editor | Conrad Buff IV |
| events | Los Angeles Police Department police brutality in the United States police misconduct |
| genre | crime drama thriller |
| keywords | abandon ambush arrest warrant buy chevrolet monte carlo#third generation crack cocaine crack rocks drive drug dealer even force gang member hunt kill lapd las vegas lax load los angeles international airport marijuana monte carlo narcotic pcp phencyclidine poker police officer rape russian mafia search warrant shoot stolen cash sureños teenage girl three wise men wise men |
| musicBy | Mark Mancina |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| producer | Bobby Newmyer Jeffrey Silver |
| productionCompany | Outlaw Productions Village Roadshow Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | California Santa Monica |
| theme | buddy cop gang hood neo-noir stag |