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.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.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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- (as Eva Mendez)
- Mark
- (as Jaime P. Gomez)
- Moreno
- (as Noel Guglielmi)
- Letty
- (as Samantha Becker)
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe line "King Kong ain't got shit on me!" was ad-libbed by Denzel Washington.
- GoofsAfter stealing Sandman's money, three bullets are fired through the back window of the Monte Carlo as Jake and Alonzo drive off. At the angle they were fired, all three bullets would have exited the car through the windshield or would be driven through the driver and/or passenger seats, yet all three bullets magically disappear without striking anything once they go through the back window.
- Quotes
Alonzo Harris: [to the residents of The Jungle] Aww, you motherfuckers. Okay. Alright. I'm putting cases on all you bitches. Huh. You think you can do this shit... Jake. You think you can do this to me? You motherfuckers will be playing basketball in Pelican Bay when I get finished with you. SHU program, nigga. 23 hour lockdown. I'm the man up in this piece. You'll never see the light of... who the fuck do you think you're fucking with? I'm the police, I run shit around here. You just live here. Yeah, that's right, you better walk away. Go on and walk away... 'cause I'm gonna' burn this motherfucker down. King Kong ain't got shit on me. That's right, that's right. Shit, I don't, fuck. I'm winning anyway, I'm winning... I'm winning any motherfucking way. I can't lose. Yeah, you can shoot me, but you can't kill me.
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Written by Franky Perez
Performed by Franky Perez
Courtesy of Lava/Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
About the Movie: Ethan Hawke plays Jake Hoyt, a rookie police officer with a good curriculum that is assigned to a one day trial day in order to qualify for a narcotics division in Los Angeles. Hawke meets then detective Alonzo Haris (Denzel Washington) who was assigned as trainer and evaluator for this rookie. Hoyt wants fiercely to get this assignment, but finds very orthodoxes and quaint ways to "protet and to serve" of Alonzo. In this day Hoyt will meet a true challenge and will face the total opposite way to proceed from the one he learned in the academy; he will also face some of the more dangerous neighborhoods and streets of Los Angeles.
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- Also known as
- Día de entrenamiento
- Filming locations
- 1031 Everett St, Los Angeles, California, USA(Rogers' house)
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $76,631,907
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $22,550,788
- Oct 7, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $104,876,233
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1