A day to remember!

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2002)

LAPD officer Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) is about to have a very bad day. Thrilled to be accepted onto the undercover narcotics unit headed by street tough detective Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington), on his training day he will be beaten up, intimidated, placed in impossible moral quandaries - and that's before he's taken on the criminals.
Washington delivers a powerhouse performance as Harris. Brilliantly twisting his good-guy persona into something charming, sexy, super-confident but ultimately darker than anyone he's played before - the Best Actor Oscar was deservedly his. Hawke also acquits himself well, able to go head-to head with Denzel and be our representative in this modern day Hell.
My Rating: 7 out of 10