Great Performances, Great Movie

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2008)

Without a doubt, Denzel Washington's performance in this movies is outstanding. Nevertheless, a lot of people criticize the plot while underlining that ''Training Day'' is not too great a movie to deserve any other acknowledgment. From my point of view, those statements are false because especially Washington's and Hawke's performances make this movie worth watching, plus, the plot much more interesting. Additionally, director Fuqua did a superb job, which is characterized by a magnificent authenticity in the presentation of Los Angeles' suburban areas. Again, I recommend this movie heavily, if you love gangster movies, then you cannot afford to miss this one. Generally, Alonzo Harris' quotes are legendary: ''To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf.'' - ''This s***'s chess, it ain't checkers''.