Great performances

Rating: 8/10 (20 November 2003)

'Training Day' is one day in the life of officer Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke). It is his first day in training with detective Alonzo (Denzel Washington). Jake also wants to be a detective one day. Alonzo is not your normal detective. At first his intentions are not very clear but when Jake has to do very strange things you know Alonzo is not a good guy.
Basically Alonzo and Jake are driving around in a car, sometimes meeting people. That is why the performances are so important. Fortunately they are great. Hawk as the rookie does a very nice job and Washington, not the likable character he often is, creates a great evil character. The movie itself is not that great and the plot has some very predictable points, but because of these two actors the movie is elevated to a higher level.