MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

leroyengelbrecht The film is badass denzel and ethan do a great job denzels king kong speech is some the finest actor ever seen on film and deserved his best actor award

SlyGuy21 While I did like the contrast between the two main characters, and the conflict of their clashing personalities, the ending is a bit of a disconnect. The question of "How far is too far?" comes up a lot in this, and Hawke's morality driven mindset completely clashes with Denzel's self-centered one. The thing that holds the film together though is Denzel's heel turn as Alonzo Harris. The plot's good, Hawke is alright, but the most memorable part is Denzel. While his character is incredibly brutal in his tactics, and uncaring of those around him, you feel like he wasn't always this corrupt. Like he started this job with the same intentions as Hawke, but lost his way to madness. That's a good dynamic, the part with the Russian mob though, is a bit of a drawback. It's brought up about halfway through the movie with no real introduction, and it's never fully explained. It's like the conflict that was already there is swept under the rug for this faceless mob vs corrupt cop plot. The ending is also just kind of there. Denzel gets shot by the mob and dies, after somehow escaping a neighborhood that hates him holding him at gunpoint. Had it ended with Hawke walking away, and Denzel's rant being interrupted by a bullet, I think it would've ended better. "Training Day" is an interesting film, with some concepts and performances I can appreciate, but the ending and random Russian mob plot drag it down a little for me.

camilleaquene If you're not watching this movie with your boss...you're doing work ALL wrong! Me and my boss love this movie (nope, we're not cops). I'm not going to give any spoilers or anything. It is one of Denzel's better movies in my own opinion, but I'm not a huge fan of his anyway. Due note that the first part is probably exactly what a cop would say. I really am not a cop.

beresfordjd While I always knew that Denzel is one of the very best screen actors of the modern age, it was a revelation to see what a great villain he could be. That said, he was still Denzel the charmer as Alonzo in Training Day. We even began to believe that he was redeemable after he shot the Scott Glenn character as he explaining that that sort of thing was a necessary evil. I was annoyed that Eva Mendes was nominated for an award for an appearance that lasted seconds over all. Also cameos from Snoop, Macy and Dr Dre were totally redundant and distracted this viewer. They really do not have the chops for parts like that. Ethan Hawke was terrific in this film too and was the perfect foil for Mr Washington. It has been a long time since I saw TD originally and it impressed me greatly then. The impact has not lessened over the years.