Movies that uncover the dark side deserve praise

Dillon 2022-04-20 09:01:08

In a country like the United States with separation of powers, democracy and freedom, police corruption is still like this, not to mention those autocratic countries. I remember a story of a wall that got moldy and some people chose to shovel it out and repaint it. And some people choose to hang a picture to cover it up, out of sight and out of mind. The courage to face it is worthy of conscience. The same goes for movies. This film reflects the ethos and unspoken rules of the American police at that time, and the starring Denzel Washington also won the Oscar for best actor that year. It can be seen that the American film censorship system is still relatively tolerant. As the saying goes, good medicine is good for the disease. It's unclear whether the training day's medicine will improve police corruption in the United States, but it's courageous to put the bloody reality in front of the audience.

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Training Day quotes

  • Stan Gursky: [in a steakhouse restaurant] Alonzo, heard you had an expensive weekend in Vegas. How did you ever screw up so bad?

    Alonzo: Hey, I didn't know. It's not my town. I'm not omniscient.

    Lou Jacobs: The Russians don't care if you have a badge. They'll whack you. You ought to hop a jet out of here.

    Alonzo: Why? It's an easy fix. I'll just cash in on an account.

    Stan Gursky: Which one?

    Alonzo: One of my old ones, my first one. The guy's a high security risk anyway. If I'm not around, who's gonna help keep him off the radar?

    Stan Gursky: All right, it's your call. I do not want you to dick this up. I don't want to see you on the front page like the rest of those assholes.

  • Jake: [after meeting with the Three Wise Men] How much money was in that bag?

    Alonzo: 40 G's.

    Jake: What was that for?

    Alonzo: You really wanna know?

    Jake: Yeah. I asked, didn't I?

    Alonzo: Nothing's free in this world, Jake. Not even arrest warrants.

    Jake: Shit, I didn't wanna know.