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Training Day (2001) -- On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears as.
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7.6/10   72,986 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
David Ayer (written by)
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Release Date:
5 October 2001 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Boom Ba-Boom, Boom, Boom... more
Plot:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears as. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 13 wins & 12 nominations more
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Denzel's Acadamy Award Winning Moment more (553 total)

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MPAA:
Rated R for brutal violence, pervasive language, drug content and brief nudity.
Runtime:
122 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
David Ayer wrote the first draft in 1995, way before the Rampart Scandal made headlines in 1998. In the first draft, Alonzo was a Latino officer in charge of drug enforcement in the gang infested area of Pico-Union within the Rampart Division. He was a loner and didn't have any partner because of his reputation as a corrupt and racist cop. But the basics elements of the character were there: he wears expensive jewelry and drives a 1979 Monte Carlo model. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When driving the Monte Carlo, the transmission shifter is in "P" (parking) position. more
Quotes:
Moreno: So tell me something. How long have you been a pig, I mean, a police officer?
Jake Hoyt: I've been a pig for 19 months.
Moreno: 19 months? You like it?
Jake Hoyt: I should have been a fireman.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Still D.R.E. more

FAQ

Why did Hoyt go to such trouble to stop a corrupt police officer but then keep the stolen money for himself?
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69 out of 97 people found the following comment useful.
Denzel's Acadamy Award Winning Moment, 31 January 2006
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Author: Tantive7 (Tantive7@hotmail.com) from Brooklyn New York

In his Acadamy Award Winning Performance,as best Actor.The movie, as the title suggests, follows a single day in the life of rookie cop Jake Hoyt (Hawk) as he is subject to a single day of evaluation by a senior, decorated police narcotics officer Alonzo Harris (Washington) to see if he has what it takes to be a 'narc'. Almost immediately Hoyt is placed on the back foot, constantly caught off guard by Alonzo's nature, his ability to switch between a cold, no-nonsense street-wise player, a genuinely caring and good intentioned leader, and occasionally jovial companion. From their first encounters though, where Hoyt tells Harris he will do "anything you want me to do", the situations Hoyt is taken into become more and more morally ambiguous, from the simple use of excessive force to outright illegal activity, forcing Hoyt to decide which side Harris is truly on, whether to trust him, or whether Hoyt is the unwitting centerpiece of a huge and complex web of lies and set-ups in order for Harris to for fill his own sinister motives..This is the movie that won Denzel the Oscar that year for Best Actor!! A must watch

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