Training Day (2001)
Denzel Washington and Alonzo Harris star in Training Day, an action thriller that follows the two stars as Los Angeles narcotics officers. Jake Hoyt is prepping on his first major training day for a promotion as he spends spend a tense twenty-four hours across several L.A. crime-ridden neighborhoods as Jake sees the danger and horrors of the job.
Training Day
- Director
- Antoine Fuqua
- Release Date
- October 5, 2001
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Cast
- Eva Mendes , Ethan Hawke , Denzel Washington , Scott Glenn , Cliff Curtis
- Writers
- David Ayer
- Runtime
- 122 minutes
- Budget
- $45 million
Summary
On his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes beyond a full work day in training within the narcotics division of the L.A.P.D. with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.
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