Entertaining

Rating: 6/10 (9 November 2001)

[Contains what some might consider SPOILERS!]
Training Day is a pretty standard cop movie. Corrupt cops isn't exactly a new theme in modern cinema. It is, however, quite interesting to see Hawke's character struggle with what he sees Washington's character do.
The fact that we only get to follow Jake and Alonzo for a day is both the movie's strength and its weakness. The strenght is that the pace is quick and the movie is never boring. The weakness is that it seems a bit over the top for all those things to happen in less than 24 hours.
Since Denzel Washington is in the film the acting is of course brilliant. Ethan Hawke also does a great job.
Overall, Training Day is entertaining and never boring. A good film: nothing more, nothing less. (6/10)