SA veteran officer (Denzel Washington) escorts a rookie (Ethan Hawke) on his first day with the LAPD's tough inner-city narcotics unit.
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Denzel Washington as Detective Alonzo Harris Dr. Dre as Paul Ethan Hawke as Officer Jake Hoyt Eva Mendes as Sara Scott Glenn as Roger Snoop Dogg as Blue Tom Berenger as Stan Gursky
The only reason anyone should want to see Training Day is to catch an extremely rare glimpse of Denzel Washington playing a bad guy. The actor has made a career of portraying characters who are decent, hard-working and constantly struggling against some force that tries to keep them down (it's usually Whitey von Crackermeister), so it's a real treat to see him tackle something new for a change (not unlike Harrison Ford - Washington's white counterpart - in last summer's What Lies Beneath).