Training Day is an edge-of-the-seat thriller,and features stellar performances

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2018)

"Training Day" is an action thriller, but that is not the end of the story, because it is much more than that. Before I elaborate further, first of all let me highlight the fact that this movie features stellar performances by Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington. These two actors take the viewers on a journey that entertains and thrills, shocks and mesmerizes, and it will feel very real.
As I said earlier, "Training Day" is an action thriller, but it is an excellent one. The reasons that it feels very real is because we all know that a certain level of corruption exists in cop work, that seems unavoidable at times, due to certain reasons. I said reasons, therefore, I would like to mention that it also feels realistic because of Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington ' s genuinely outstanding, mind-blowing performances.
Hawke plays a rookie cop who is being "trained" by a senior cop that Washington enacts. As the movie progresses, viewers will realize that this is definitely no ordinary training day in the life of a rookie cop ; there is definitely a mystery behind the action and procedures that Washington is instructing Hawke to do. The movie is full of surprises and excitement, suspense and mystery, and "garnished" with good action sequences. David Ayer has written an excellent cop-thriller story, and director Antoine Fuqua has presented it on-screen brilliantly, and almost flawlessly. "Training Day" will always be remembered as one of the best cop-action / crime thrillers ever made in the history of cinema.