An award-winning box office hit, 2001's "Training Day" is one of the most iconic cop movies of the 2000s. With direction by Antoine Fuqua and an original script by David Ayer featuring some elements loosely based on true events , "Training Day" is a single-day drama that follows up-and-coming LAPD officer Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) as he partners up with renowned narcotics detective Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) for a 24-hour field evaluation in hopes of joining his squad.
Outwardly a taut and fast-moving police action thriller, "Training Day" snuck up on viewers in 2001 and earned a legion of fans with its utterly disarming character depth: In a gambit that earned Hawke an Oscar nomination and Washington his only career best actor win, both Alonzo and Jake gradually reveal themselves to