Everything wrong with training day in 4 minutes or less. Sep 30, 2016 training day is often considered a standard dirtycop movie, but this is superficial analysis. He was portrayed by denzel washington, who won an academy award for his role in the film. When i first watched it i couldnt remember the name of it and for years passed on buying it because i didnt know it was the movie i was looking for. The ending may be less than satisfying, but denzel washington reminds us why hes such a great actor in this taut and brutal police drama. The main theme is the thin line between doing what is necessary and doing what is just and right. The men are shown to be both flawed in their own ways but still have a direct impact on each other as they spend more time together. In the movie training day, detective alonzo harris denzel washington took the rookie officer jake hoyt ethan hawke to visit a drug trader under his protection. The original ending of the script was hoyt crashing the pad of alonzos girlfriend, and find his training officer in the middle of a threeway with two young women. Finally rented training dayman, someone wanna explain. According to cinemablend, its established in the pilot that, 15 years after the events of the movie, the l. Denzel washington talks training days original ending, his sons acting career and diversity. Hey reddit, so i just rewatched training day and i still cant figure out the ending scene. Alonzo harris, the films antagonist denzel washington comes to them to seek permission to ro.
When the events of the film come to a climax and officer hoyt draws a firm line, his new worldview clashes directly with alonzos, and there is simply no room for quarter. Training day features notable dramatic cameos from prominent musicians. Fuqua, with considerable help from ethan hawke and denzel washington, has crafted a modern day morality tale that successfully unifies plot, character, and theme towards a single grand vision. The head of his unit is alonzo harris denzel washington who has 4 other men working for him. Feb 01, 2008 can someone please explain the ending in training day. Training day is a blistering action drama that asks the audience to decide what is necessary, what is heroic and what crosses the line in the harrowing gray zone of fighting urban crime. Denzel washington talks training days original ending.
Training day 10 questions average, 10 qns, equinom, oct 09 01 if you like denzel washington, ethan hawke, snoop dogg, and dr. Nov 11, 2019 lets dive into karthis latest sensation, kaithi movie ending explained and simplified in this blog. So extreme is his mad dog behavior, indeed, that it shades over into humor. As far as i could tell the only difference between the alternate ending and the final one was that the older crooked cops show up at the end to observe denzels death. Ending explained is a recurring series in which we explore the finales, secrets, and themes of interesting movies and shows, both new and old. Either way, you could argue which ending training day benefits from more, but in the case of the film we saw on the screen, that decision was made by denzel washington and antoine fuqua. I got 38 cases pending trial, 63 in active investigations, another 250 on the log i cant clear. In training day when alonzo calls jake in the morning and asks if he has a back up weapon jake replies no, alonzo says good detail in the scene where alonzo leaves jake to be killed at the gangsters house they knew he wasnt carrying a backup when they asked for his department issued 9mm.
Training day ending posted by notoriousfsu on 22116 at 1. Can someone please explain the ending in training day. When jake is entering his house and the news outlets are going in the background the first reporter says narcotics officer was killed serving a high risk warrant while the next one says the highly decorated officer. Does the movie training day have an alternate ending where denzel washington lives. The russian mafia is after the training officer and the training officer doesnt seem to care much about the rookie. Awe movie plot explained and discussed fahad hasan einsay. Alonzo harris, played by denzel washington, makes popeye doyle look like officer friendly.
Hoyt shows him the money that smiley was supposed to deliver to the russians, and tells him that there is a crew of hitmen looking all over for him. At sometime in life, everyone should be made aware of how other people need to live. In honor of ethan hawke starring in some new crime, carbased thing. Oct 05, 2001 positive training day is most certainly not for the weak of heart or mind. This movie is an incredible eyeopener, a graphic look into the innercity life. Jul 03, 2014 the departed im the guy who does his job.
The graduate is a great movie for a lot of reasons. Who were the three wise men in training day 2001 movie and. Denzel washington played against type, and won an oscar for his efforts, in antoine fuquas training day. Training day is a 2001 american crime thriller film directed by antoine fuqua, and written by david ayer. He is a cop who has sunk far too deep into the criminal underworld, corrupting himself in the process. Does the movie training day have an alternate ending where. The drug trader told the rookie a story, it went something like this. Mar 15, 2018 when the teaser of awe was released a few weeks ago, it didnt reveal anything about the story or plot. Alonzo harris is the main antagonist of the 2001 american crime thriller film training day. Training day is a police action drama about a veteran officer who escorts a rookie on his first day with the lapds tough innercity narcotics unit. The ending of underwater explained film school rejects. Training day features a plot that appears fairly straightforward on the surface, but actually has subtleties bubbling up from start to finish. The movie had some plot twists that were there for a reason and they werent put there just for the sake of putting plot twists in the movie. Though it was released more than a decade ago, the film s story about morally ambiguous.
The rookie then realizes that he has to do whatever he can to stop his training officer. Training day, the meaning of that snail story movies and tv. I like the denzel washington movie training day, but theres something i didnt get. Denzel washington talks training days original ending, his. Throughout the day the rookie soon realizes his training officer is a dirty cop and that their are both in danger. Anyway i thought this movie was a lot better than all this cookie cutter crap that hollywood has been dishing out lately. That decision cemented the film s success, as well as the continued partnership weve seen them nurture over the past 14 years. Sep 26, 2015 denzel washington talks training days original ending, his sons acting career and diversity. Fuqua agreed and shot a bloodier, more cathartic ending. In training day when alonzo calls jake in the morning and. Sep 28, 2015 denzel washington fought to change the ending of training day.
A guy sees a snail and throws that snail somewhere. Police drama about a veteran officer who escorts a rookie on his first day with the lapds tough innercity narcotics unit. Training day vhs, 2002, bonus footage including alternate. The scene would have been out of place since alonzo received street justice as opposed to judicial.