Training_Day

Training Day Training Day is not just soulful, it's organic. You can hear it breathing. Long, slow concentrated breathes of polluted air - a slight struggle to fill the lungs, because it's a heavy smoker, with quick confident exhales, snapping the eyes to attention as blood pumps furiously, menacing and red. This is the power of Antoine Fuqua's (The Replacement Killers, a.k.a. Charlie's favorite movie) serious minded morality tale of two Los Angeles cops spending a day together on the gritty streets - one man a hardened know it all veteran, Alonzo (Denzel Washington, explosive like a fire cracker) and the other a first day with all the trimmings rookie, Jake (Ethan Hawke wringing electricity from a part that lesser actors would have missed). Actually, there is a third person riding around in Alonzo's slick black high and mighty mobile getting schooled about what it "really" means and what it "really" takes to clean up the scum and keep the peace – you, the audience, are being trained as well. The movie stares at you disapprovingly, sizes you're white ass up, and asks if you're ready. Whatever you answer you're wrong - just get in and shut up-but, keep your eyes open. training, day, movie, day, you're, being, alonzo, you'll, washington, two, out, man, just, hawke, because, think, taken, struggle, saw, rookie, role, riding, really, question, part, over, one, much, make, keep, jake, it’s, great, going, formula, eyes