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.

Oct 5, 2001 · Training Day: Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger. A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.

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Denzel Washington plays L.A.P.D. detective Alonzo Harris, a veteran narcotics officer whose methods of enforcing the law are questionable, if not corrupt. 'Training Day' follows Harris as he trains rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period.

A rookie cop meets a corrupt Los Angeles narcotics officer who wants to include him in his schemes.

Denzel Washington gives an Oscar-winning turn as a corrupt Los Angeles narcotics officer who inducts a rookie cop over the course of a tense day.

Oct 5, 2001 · ‘Training Day” is an equal-opportunity police brutality picture, depicting a modern Los Angeles in which the black cop is slimier and more corrupt than anybody ever thought the white cops were. Alonzo Harris, played by Denzel Washington, makes Popeye Doyle look …

When Harris is assigned to train the idealistic rookie Jake Hoyt, Jake will only have one day to prove his courage to his unorthodox superior. Denzel Washington delivers an Academy Award-winning performance in this gritty drama.

Oct 5, 2001 · A police drama about a veteran officer (Denzel Washington) who escorts a rookie (Ethan Hawke) on his first day with the LAPD's tough inner-city narcotics unit. [Warner Bros.]