Classic review

Dahlia 2022-03-20 09:01:09

It's not the first time I watched the movie "Training Day". The last time I watched it was in junior high school, but it was a castrated version. The last time I watched the movie, I kept the impression that Jack shot and killed Alorzo, and also deleted the plot of the Russian gang, so the experience of this re-watching is quite good.

The movie "Training Day" itself is a classic crime film, and the nominations and awards for important awards such as the Oscar Golden Globe are the affirmation of the film. In the movie, Denzel Washington, the anti-narcotics policeman Alorzo, is an experienced, black-and-white detective. He learned some basic rules and knowledge in contact with drug dealers and gangs. In the first half, Alorzo always gave me a sense of being a person who is both righteous and evil. The first thing that came to mind when seeing a girl raped by poisonous insects was to snatch drugs and dollars. Forcing Jack to take drugs and oppressing the gang with his power, it also taught Jack the way to survive. The second half broke my mind. From the beginning, I didn't think about accepting Jack, but only thought about how to use the newcomers. He has been oppressing with violence, and when he is defeated by the rookie Jack, the self-eating gangs no longer protect him.

It is difficult to distinguish between right and evil in the movie. The detective should protect the informant, but the informant is the biggest drug lord. The informant is like collecting money for the police, and after fattening the police, he just gives up. The police caught the criminal, but the criminal seized the loopholes in the criminal law to get rid of the crime. The police only had to break the law to deal with the criminal. This is also a place worthy of reflection in the film, which is more like showing the chaos in the society to the society in the form of light and shadow.

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Training Day quotes

  • Alonzo: [while meeting on the roof of a parking garage] What's happening? You got the picks and shovels?

    Mark: You gonna dig a ditch?

    Alonzo: Nope. You are. That's a nice suit.

    [to Paul]

    Alonzo: What's going on, killer?

    Paul: I can't call it. Been hearing some shit out here on these streets. You all right?

    Alonzo: Yeah. I talked to the three wise men today. Everything's all good.

    Paul: Shit, you say we can get away with it, I'm with you on that.

    [points to Jake]

    Paul: Who the fuck is this?

    Jake: Jake Hoyt. I'm from Valley Patrol. It's my first day.

    Paul: You a long way from Starbucks homey.

    [to Alonzo]

    Paul: Yo, why the fuck is he in on this?

    Alonzo: Gotta get his cherry popped sometime.

    Paul: [to Jake] Yo, stay the fuck outta my way. Just for the big dogs, you feel me?

    Alonzo: All right. Here's the warrant signed and sealed by the judge, thanks to the Sandman. Alright, now listen up; Safety is first. He gives us shit - Boom! We're giving him lead. Let's do this right so we can all go home and do the wife or the girlfriend thing, alright? Let's suit up, ladies. Time to punch in.

  • Alonzo Harris: [referring to his shotgun that's his holding to find to Jake, somewhere in Sara's apartment] You know I'm surgical with this bitch, Jake. How do you want it, dog? Closed casket? Remember that fool in the wheelchair? How do you think he got there?