I wondered what it had to say, and then...

Rating: 4/10 (14 October 2001)

I saw previews for Training Day and foolishly deduced that it was a film with a message, something about street justice versus legal justice. That's not the only reason I'd see this kind of movie; it was just my preception. I didn't get what I expected but I did stay through the whole thing.
Denzel plays a psychopathic police officer (impersonator in my opinion) "training" Ethan on his first day as a rookie narc on his way to becoming a detective. Along the way Denzel spouts philosophical mumbo jumbo about street justice and about how he's the real cops and not the guys helping old ladies with their groceries, that sounds real good on previews -hey they got my seven dollars fair and square, right? Unfortunately on the way to possibly becoming something appealing intellectually, it back pedals and turns into an over-the-top action-suspense yarn.
In the end I was not satisfied, though I may have been had my expectations not been contrary to the true intentions of the movie. looking back, the best parts of the movie were probably the ones I enjoyed the least- the silly ones. Were I watching in a different state of mind this movie might have grown on me. But don't go out of your way to see it. There's always cable.