Training Day makes The Departed seem like a walk in the park

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2007)

Talking about defining rolls, try watching Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke in this highly unorthodox crime feature. What starts as your everyday police drama with the trained cop (Washington) showing the new rookie (Hawke) some bad ass moves, fastly turns into a nightmarish all-night experience as we learn more and more about the true nature of Washington's character. Hawke triumphs as the accidental hero of the movie, who is thrust into talking his way out of near-death situations and learns how to survive the crooked streets fast. The final 15 minutes of the movie are some of the more intense and violent cinematic experience I sat through in recent years. There's no doubt abut it, Training Day makes The Departed seem like a walk in the park (and that's saying a lot).