TRAINING DAY (2001) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!! Full Movie Review | Denzel Washington
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With The Equalizer 3 in theatres marking the latest collaboration between Denzel Washington & Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer, Olympus Has Fallen), John and Andrew give their Reaction, Breakdown, & Review of the Academy Award-Winning Crime Drama, TRAINING DAY - written by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch) & featuring Ethan Hawke (Sinister, The Black Phone, Before Sunrise), Eva Mendes (The Place Beyond the Pines, Ghost Rider), Scott Glenn (Netflix Daredevil, The Silence of the Lambs), Cliff Curtis (Avatar: The Way of Water, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), Raymond Cruz (Breaking Bad), Tom Berenger (Sniper), Raymond Barry (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story), & Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine Nine, Idiocracy) along with Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Macy Gray, and more!! We react to all the most famous moments including "King Kong ain't got shit on me", "Jake Pleads for His Life", "Scariest Card Game", the "Killing Roger Scene", "The Standoff", "Taking the Evidence", "Jake shoots Alonso", "I Walk A Higher Path Son", and beyond. Truly one of the best police / crime dramas of ALL TIME!
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This one. Absolutely this one.
This is very close to the top, however giving the edge to Man On Fire.
I think this is my favorite Denzel MOVIE, but I really liked him in Malcom X. The Hurricane was good too.
Awesome movie
A Soldier's Story..... Denzel's 1st Bad guy role.
I always feel Ethan Hawkes performance is overlooked. He was incredible. He really made you feel how uncomfortable and conflicted he was and his fear.
I don't think so he was nominated for an Oscar as well... best supporting actor, and everyone likes him his name just never got superstar reaction to it. But I've never heard anyone say anything other than "yeah he's great in everything" or something similar. He just happened to be with 1 of the greatest screen legends of all time who finally got his Oscar after many worthy performances already.
Hawke has always been like a leading man who never quite got to be a leading man. Always brings it in everything he does, but gets constantly overlooked.
I agree Denzel is phenomenal but yes Ethan was definitely overlooked for incredible performance
Very true no one speaks about it cause Denzel absolutely killed it but Ethan destroyed this role
I dont think he was over looked denzel is just an amazing actor😂
This was an experience in the theaters. You gotta remember that up to this point we’d never seen Denzel be a real bad guy. It was SHOCKING. My theater gasped when he shot Scott Glenn’s character. No one was expecting it. That’s when the movie turned and you realized that Denzel was on a whole other level here. Fucking brilliant.
It was an experience indeed. It came out almost a month after 9/11. This was my first time back in a theatre after being in a post 9/11 haze of constant news cycles being on at home all day long, and needing a break from our reality. I’m sure alot of people in that theatre felt the same way. It was easy to immerse yourself in this movie. I loved the Alonzo character so much that I knew I would name my future son, Alonzo. My kid loves this movie too and loves his name.
I wish I saw this movie in theaters. I was a kid and remember my cousins renting it like it was a big thing. I also remember seeing Denzel on all the buses, The Training Day poster was everywhere, of course I had no idea who he was. Just wondered why this guy with a durag was everywhere
Had the exact same experience: with many other actors this might have worked, but not to this grade. Denzel is someone well-respected and with so much gravitas: I remember seeing this in cinema and continuously weighing in my head whether this was a smart cop knowing how to position himself to be effective, or just a bent one. It’s almost like you don’t want him to be a bad guy in the end. At the same time: Ethan Hawke is an actor with just as much presence yet known for a varied history of roles. Which results in: you’re continuously thinking along with him and experiencing the movie literally as a ride-along.
I forgot about the end part, but it’s kind of brilliant how - even when pushed into a bad situation with the drugs - Ethan’s character’s moral build is his central drive: he just jumps inbetween because he must. And that is actually what saves him in the end.
Yeah, brilliant piece of movie history by now, and actually very rewatchable!
Denzel earned every bit of the Oscar for this performance
The script for this movie is amazing. Every detail matters and theres so many twists. One of the most easily enjoyable movies ever, and plus one of the vest performances by Denzel Washington. A true classic.
Training Day is the first time I saw Denzel break out of that "hero" role he was typecast into. He's absolutely BRILLIANT in this. A favorite of mine for sure.
He overstayed his welcome by now... A 70 year old action hero? I can't wait for him to kick the bucket.
@@azazello1784what a weird thing to say… the Internet never fails to show you absolute filth
@@azazello1784gross, thank god you haven’t gotten a single like.
@@azazello1784TF MAN are you sane ???
@@spunkymaniac9312 Sorry but he should step away at his age. He is taking away roles from other actors who are not seniors.
Before that tub scene with Smiley and his guys, a few scenes before that Alonzo is on the phone with him and you hear him say "make sure that tub is clean"
The detail 🔥
Yes! I caught that the third time I watched. Sickening.
Denzel's great acting didn't start when he got on the screen. It started when he hung up the phone😂😂
This is one of those movies that no matter how many times you see it you notice something new. I like how Denzel asked Ethan about his Spanish at the beginning, and then set him up with the Mexicans
Omg!
Another part is when Denzel says "make sure that bathtub is clean" when he's talking on the phone right before they go over to the Mexicans house.
This movie made me feel almost unbearably uncomfortable for two hours and I loved it.
Same. I was about 14 when I rented it on VHS from some corner store and watched it at a friend of my moms. It was an awkward situation for me at the time but the movie blew me away and took my mind off everything I was dealing with.
Brilliant Film..My Fay of Denzel...🌼🏹
This is one of those movies where watching it multiple times just makes you appreciate the movie more and more.
Antwon Fuqua was the director. He directed Equalizer 1,2,3 as well as a lot of cop dramas similar to Training Day.
The writer David Ayer who also wrote and directed Harsh Times with Christian Bale.. that was a great film too!
He also directed Fury. The best war movie ever!
To me, I can't think of a bad performance from Denzel Washington. The script would be sub-par and he would still give it his all. That's why he's one of my favorite actors of all time. He played his role perfectly in this movie.
Actually, to me this is the only performance of his I actually love. 🤭
Sorry, I know it's personal taste. I also haven't seen a lot of movies with him. It's not particularly my favorite genre, but most movies, where I've seen him in, he was pretty much one note. Always plays the "tough" guy, his facial expressions almost always stay the same.
My next favorite movie with him next to Training Day would probably be Deja Vu....
@chanceneck8072 watch Glory and Malcom X. I also liked him in mo better blues
i can agree he kills it, this, book of eli, man on fire, the one were he is in wheel chair with Angelina Jolie
@@kentown8115 Book Of Eli, right. I almost forgot that one.
But honestly, that one had my favorite Gary Oldman performance of all time. I absolutely loved him in that one. 😅🤩
@@SE-gs6gd Ok, will try. Never seen any of your 3 recommendations.
Fun fact : the King Kong scene was totally improvised by Denzel it was soo good fuqua decided to keep it in the movie and it won an Oscar
Good to see Denzel Washington got the meaty villainous role he deserved
That part SO funny!
This cannot be the first time you saw Training Day! I’m surprised! Such a good film.
The BTS info for this movie is crazy. Antoine Fuqua was the first person to ever shoot in Baldwin Village [the neighborhood where all the Bloods and Eva Mendez lived] and many of the on scene extras were actual gang members. Easily one of Denzel's best and most memorable performances.
Antoine Fuqua directed the HELL out of this Film, he's so underrated...
The casting is so great that never once do you believe that Denzel is a bad guy until you can't deny it anymore.
More heroic actors should play disgusting villain assholes with every once in awhile.
That's the brilliance. You keep giving him chances lol.
Yes this is what shocked me personally always seeing Denzel as a good guy I couldn't believe what he did hehe 😅
Denzel is Great..Ethan is also and The Mexican gangsta..just all the Cast are Brilliant..Ace Movie..with the Beautiful .Latina Actress Eva
I feel like people don’t give Ethan Hawke enough credit sometimes. Richard Linklater’s “Tape” is a prime example of how talented he is. In this movie, I feel like he purposefully allows Denzel to have the room to be the more colorful character and Hawke plays really well off of him
Ethan Hawke was also phenomenal in the very underrated "Gattaca".
I feel like you don't like the fact that Denzel was the better for obvious reasons.
@@gway3079 what the hell is that supposed to mean? I’m saying they both complimented each other well in the movie
@@gway3079huh?
Ethan was Brilliant beside Denzel .he made that Film also..brilliant Casting 🌼🏹🏹
This is an Oscar win Well deserved. I miss Denzel Hollywood!
This was still the golden age of cinema, in my opinion. As far as I'm concerned, Hollywood is dead now. That is just my own opinion.
@@dive2drive314 I agree. Hollywood before this was very theatrical and over-the-top, not that I don’t enjoy that. Everything after this is just boring, undeveloped and formulaic; no substance.
@@dive2drive314 the best entertainment now is on TV/streaming and we're in a Golden Age of TV right now.
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Another good cop movie!
He should've won for X but no way the academy would elevate that role.
This.
I've always maintained that! They especially in what was it 92 or 4? Would give that an *OSCAR, but that definitely should've been won! In fact, of his nominated roles I would put this as the 1 LEAST worthy of the win(and that's also in perspective of the greatness of Denzel obviously he's a GOAT and doesn't do bad performances this is still better than most any performance we get on a regular basis.) Hurricane, Flight, Fences were master performances where he became something so far apart from himself it's amazing! Alonzo was basically Denzel with that Denzel swag we love so much that he portrays in most of his roles except this time he was the "bad guy" which was the 1st time in his career at this point.
Malcom X was no Denzel at all he became Malcom even down to small mannerisms worst thing is the winner that year was Pacino for Scent Of A Woman and I love him and that film HOWEVER!!! It was a lifetime achievement/makeup win. It's never named in his top 5 maybe even 10 performances definitely not the top of his nominated roles: Godfather 1, 2, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, And Justice For All, Glengarry Glenn Ross all more worthy and probably likely to be named before what he actually won for.
He should've been won for Godfather hands down his 1st few nominations he lost to? Those characters/movies aren't hardly talked about let alone performances still lauded like Godfather and his others. The academy knew they screwed him over for literal decades by that point and he deserved one, so their best opportunity to make that up to him and not let Malcom X win was let Pacino win for Scent Of A Woman.
Yes. If you did a 1v1 matchup should have won over Pacino's over the top in Scent of the Woman (I still like his performance tho).
I think his performance in 1999 Hurricane was his best but lost to Spacey. This was a time where the Oscars sort of give Oscars cause they were jilted previously. Russell Crowe for Gladiator when he could have won in 1999 also. Yes, I think Denzel got this one possibly over Russell(?).
@@alexanderthegreat5649 Flight was a nice surprise. Had two hours to kill and saw it. I think he did get a Golden Globe nod for that role. Don Cheadle was also good in that one
I agree.
The woman that was being served the warrant (robbed) by Denzel is really familiar. Something about her makes me wanna say goodbye, and I choke.
Man these were the days. I remember seeing this for the first time and being blown away. They don't make them like this anymore.
Another similar film that is directed and written by the same writer from Training Day (David Ayer) is 'Harsh Times' with Christian Bale. That one is worth a watch for sure!
Gotta give a shout out to the iconic Director of this movie, Antoine Fuqua. Some of his other great movies include “Tears of the Sun”(2003), “Brooklyn’s Finest”(2009), “Shooter”(2007) and “The Equalizer” franchise with Denzel among other films🔥🔥🔥
I love how Denzel and Antwan Fuqua described Denzel's character. That at one point he was most likely Jake, but overtime , the job swallowed him up. That he saw the only way to get justice was to bend the law, ambut in his bending he eventually breaks it.
He eventually becomes one of the wolves he's supposed to take down. When the rhugs on the streets dont like or see you as No Good, you are lost. He has power, but even though he's not at the top of that power, he's arrogant and ruthless because he's close to those in power.
He's able to abuse the power he has, only over the powerless. He hasn't arrested anyone, even had a rookie cop set to be killed. He's completely given up. As the drug dealer they robbed told Jake " You're completely like he was....".
As Denzel said, "he had to die in the end", "wages of sin is death". No way he can do the thing's he's done for who knows how long and continue to live.
I’m trying to figure out how is it even possible these two have never seen Training Day and isn’t the other guy from Cali? This is literally Denzel’s most iconic film. I can still remember seeing this back in 2001 the day for the first time. Maybe I just hold Denzel to a different standard that it was impossible not to see this when it first premiered. He’s literally one of the best actors of all time in my opinion. I just don’t see how someone could wait of 2 decades to watch this at there age lol This one of these films I know word for word I’ve seen it countless times. It’s more so Denzel performance than the writing. Also Ethan Hawke this was the first film that comes to mind everytime I see his face because it’s so iconic. Two decades later Ive never changed my stance i still route for Alonzo until the very end he’s like Scarface to me.
And the brilliance of Denzel Antoine Fuqua said he adlibbed most his tangent at the end when he was yelling at the guys in the neighborhood including "King Kong ain't got shit on me!" 😃
I find that it's always interesting when someone who normally plays the good guy, plays the bad guy.
Denzel Washington is an awesome good guy and an awesome bad guy!
The film was shot very well. I wanted to give a shout out to Fuqua since he was barely talked about.
This Movie is a classic, the script, the details, and of course, Denzels acting are perfect.
One of my favourite cop movies. I wish they had done a prequel movie about Denzel's character. I have a feeling he wasnt always like he is in training day and possibly like Ethan's character but the reality of the job corrupted him and be interesting to see how and why.
A few years ago they were talking about doing a show about Denzel’s character when he was a rookie. They were gonna get Michael B. Jordan for the role but it got scrapped
I watched this movie so many times I know it word for word 😆
In wrestling they use the term Heel for bad guy and Denzel Washington plays a great "Heel" in Training Day.
I always thought heels were like wrestling "spar" partners.
@@ladyhotep5189 They are but Heels really have that edge, the best lines, they draw conflict which helps drive the story even more. Rowdy Piper with his Piper's pit and in the Ring just knew how to get the audience worked up. You can tell Denzel's Alonso Harris just love to get Ethan Hawke's character worked up, bringing the best out of him.
@@Brook11223nice! I like I like it!
Denzel plays such a good villain
This movie is absolutely incredible. Everyone was cast perfectly.
John's reaction to Hoyt going for the fist bump lol
David Ayer did grow up in those hoods. He lived that life before his writing career. Great interview with Jon Bernenthal on Real ones. End of Watch is another one where his experience made it accurate.
i heard that interview it is really good!
You guys didn't realize that Dr. Dre was part of Denzel's group when they taxed Stick!
Denzel Washington might just be the greatest actor ever
I took 4 years of Latin as well and have been learning Spanish via Duolingo since the pandemic. Already halfway through Unit 3 already! Taking Latin definitely helped and I'm in my mid 40's! Older than you guys. I'm going to switch to Italian for awhile because I may be going to Italy for ten days in May and I want to be prepared. Learning languages is fun. I know only a tiny bit of Italian due to being a musician. Antoine Fugua directed "Training Day". This is the first time I've seen it since the first time I watched it a little over 20 years ago. It was very disturbing, but great!!
Based off of a true story. Rafael Perez is what Denzel Washington bases his character off of. Look up the rampart scandal in LA, police from Crash were acting like gangbangers and all that. Crazy story tho and a good movie🔥
It also inspired The SHIELD with Michael Chiklis
That snap in the intro was sooooo satisfying..🤌
Street Kings would be a great reaction if y'all haven't already seen it.
More films from director Antoine Fuqua I recommend watching are Tears of the Sun, Shooter and the Equalizer movies. Other movies like this I recommend watching are American Gangster, We Own the Night, Street Kings and End of Watch
There was some good karma moments too. Not just Denzel getting his, but the "Hey, is that your little cousin?"
I love the subversion of expectation where it moves from… rookie is trained to senior is brought undone
Tears of the sun by fuqua is amazing also. I wish you would turn up the volume on your channel it's can be hard to hear at times without headphones
Denzel's character was based on a real LAPD undercover cop who basically did the same things as depicted in this movie.
How unexpected and delightful! Great movie choice!
Always tell the story of my mother who refuses to watch this movie. She feels like he shoulda won for better roles than a villain. I understands but she missing out lol.
My mom stop watching in the middle of it cause she was upset he was so bad
Yeah, the fact he got snubbed for Malcolm X but wins it as a dirty cop still bugs me. But he definitely is amazing in this.
@@LembeckIsStaying that’s my favorite movie and I still can’t believe he didn’t win for that role.
I am the only one pissed about Ethan Hawkes Character. Because he Is a Stressy Rookie and Should Have Just Known Better From The Start
@@harvey4512 the movie makes a point about how persuasive & magnetic Denzel's character was. Also another point was made about how young & innocent Denzel's character was when he first got in. However what happens is you take small steps crossing the line until it becomes habitual & you start to change on the inside
Just went through the whole reaction while showering and washing my hair. Bless yall. 🙌 much love from Canada
It's always fun to see how long it takes people to realize he's just a bad cop. Nothing else. We've been conditioned to be on the side of the rogue cop that doesn't play by the rules. I love this movie because they took Denzel's sterling career and reputation and used it against the audience. He's charming, handsome, a cop, and smart but he's very plainly the bad guy.
Denzil is so fucking powerful in this movie, like Hawke's character by the end you truely hate him, because we the audience have also been charmed by him and fooled into thinking his not playing by the rulebook is a necessary evil, until the moment he betrays Hawke and is all about saving his own ass... the end where the neighbourhood turn their back on him and his self-imploding was soooo satisfying
To this day I still say “King Kong ain’t got shit on me”
Awesome 👍 brilliant script. Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke were absolutely amazing. Great reaction, guys 😊
One of my favorite movies of all time. Denzel bought it throughout and made the tension nonstop and real.
One of my favorite Ethan Hawke &! Denzel performance 😭😭🔥
Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin and Raymond J. Barry. All amazing character actors.
Brooklyns Finest is a good follow up for this one. You could almost look at Ethan Hawke in that movie as a version of Hoyt had he followed Alonzo's teachings.
This a certified hood classic. 💯 plus the snail joke I’ve used for YEARS since this movie when I’m drinking
Training Day is one of my favorite gangster crime movies of all time, also, a great performance win by Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris as the villain in the movie.
Thing is with David Ayer is people seem to judge him on Suicide Squad alone and that's not fair, via studio interference. But the reason that his crime, cop-based movies were so good, is that he used be in the Navy I believe and worked with that world and you can clearly his tactical awareness with actors is so pin point. You look at the street-level realness in The first Fast and Furious which he contributed with a draft, Training Day, End of Watch, Sabotage, Harsh Times and SWAT, which are such good movies. Obviously, with Denzel, Hawke and Faqua Training day is on another level. I mean, i thought Ethan Hawke shouldve got his Oscar long with Denzel, as both were so, so good. Another Denzel film which is my fav is Glory. Such a good film and performance.
And you if you look at a Ayer and lot of his films, like when he directed Street Kings, a movie I love. Loved the Keanu and Chris Evans partnership in it. He uses a lot of actors he's used in multiple films. Hector from F & F is in Training Day. The guy that let Jake pass to get to Alonso is in End of Watch and other Ayer protects. Terry Crews Training Day and Street Kings.
This movie is a classic
Aww my two favorite guys on this channel and one of my favorite movies!
By the end of this movie I hated him and was not upset what happened to him and that shows due to my love for Denzel with any movie he's in. Ethan Hawe is not praised enough for his young innocent character that pulled up his boot straps. ❤❤
Great review and reaction! I enjoyed your discussion after movie. Subscribed.
“Shot me in my ass”
Favorite . Movie . Ever
21:00 Her name is Macy Gray. She is a professional singer who had a couple of popular songs.
Your faces during most of this was intense alone!! 😂😂
This movie has been in my top 5 since I saw it. Love this movie so much
20:29 - That woman is none other than "Macy Gray". She was famous for her music before she got into movies. Anyway thanks for a great reaction to one of the all time greatest films.
The denzel hate in the comments over ethan hawk are disgusting. Make nothing into a thing over two amazing actors. All because some of you feel like denzel stole the show. Ethan was the supporting role and you want his character to overshadow the lead its a weird vibe in these comments. I have never heard these comolaints before about this movie.
The same as Anquan Fuqua not getting much love for directing
Denzel took inspiration from real-life crooked cop Rafael Pérez for this role
The angry lady asking for a warrant is Macy Gray
2000 and 2001 back to back were hands downs two of the greatest movies acting performances ever by Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in Gladiator and Training Day both which won Oscars for best actor.
Outstanding movie, Denzel gives one of the best performances I've seen on any film
Fun Fact: Ethan Hawke wasn't gonna do the film until some big names were cast. Those names were Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Antoine Fuqua told Ethan's people that Snoop would be in a wheelchair and Dre would play a cop, and thats how Ethan was greenlit.
Been waiting for this one!
The guy who said Alonzo helped his nephew was a former gang member and now works in gang intervention in Compton. He did an incredible doc called Bastards of the Party about the origins of LA gang culture
Speaking of how good these two actors are, the director, Anton Fuqua, said in an interview that in some of the scenes when the dialogue on the pages was done and it was time for him to say "cut"
instead he kept his mouth shut because Denzel and Ethan would keep going---improvising. He said much of it was so good he kept it in the movie.
"King Kong ain't got s*** on me!"
The bearded "Wise Man" who told the pb story also played Mel the corrupt Vice cop in 'Scarface' while also appearing in Ghostbusters 2 as a hard-nosed judge.
This role put him right in the middle
the fact the monologue was all improvised is why denzel is the GOAT
I like that they used real bangers from the hood in this movie
Athens Park Bloods
Fun Fact: There was an extra scene between Smiley and Jake where Smiley reveals that after he was supposed to kill Jake, he was supposed to burn Jake's family too. But also he basically told him that if he plays the Game right, he could make Chief.
This is one of my moms all time favorite movies so as consequence I saw it probably too young lol but as consequence of that it’s definitely one of my all time favorites now too
The guy with the goatee is Harris Yulin. Among other films, he was Scarface and Clear and Present Danger.
Hoyts character “magically” happened to rescue that girl and ran into her family.
Is because yes LA is a big place but gang neighborhoods are not.
Lonzo had a relationship with that gang.
It’s crazy that a Canadian has to explain this to a couple of guys who live in LA
You two should do Brooklyns finest which is like a sequel but not
Man of fire 🔥 and this are both💎💎
"ZENITH AND A GREAT FALL!" Just like King Kong!!!! Wow.
Are they brothers? Didn’t notice before but they look very similar lol
Crazy how they recognized everybody in this film except Dre... arguably the most famous of them all lol
The woman with the kid is the singer Macy Gray, who was big for a minute in the late 90s early 00s.
“King Kong ain got SHI on me” and proceeded to die the same way Kong did by getting shot down WOW
This movie is over 20 years old. How haven't they seen this? What's next gladiator?
John shows up for his first day of reacting...
John: "I'll do anything you want."
Greg: "My ninja."