Training Day

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Training Day won an Oscar for Best Actor (Denzel Washington) and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Ethan Hawke). The film was directed by Antoine Fuqua based on the book by David Ayer. The cinematography was directed by Mauro Fiore and the music score by Mark Mancina. Everyone talking about the artwork needs to go look at the Titanic poster for the 2023 rerelease. Some shitwit actually photoshopped two pictures of Rose together with two different hairstyles, and it shows. It makes WB’s covers look like Da Vinci did them. In Washington's hands, Alonzo is no scene-chewing caricature but a fallible individual whose so-called glory days are about to catch up with him. The performancedramatically anchors the movie,amplifies its undercurrents and deservedly won Washington his second Oscar.

The audio is certainly more dynamic in Atmos/TrueHD 7.1 with excellent bass notes that you can feel especially during the gun fights. There is some surround sound happening in which bullets, cars, and street noises immerse you in the scene. The situations escalate in intensity until Jake is put to the ultimate test of his moral compass in act three. While each character’s fate ends up in line with what you might expect to happen to them, I’d argue that the overall story still asks the question, “Where’s the line when you’re a police officer dealing with hardcore criminals who have a ‘kill or be killed’ mentality?”

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Rating Certificate: R (for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, drug content and brief nudity) turned in some of his most bracing work for this amplified tale of "good cop, bad cop" during one particularly eventful day in Los Angeles. It's a tightly You have to keep in mind though this film does have different color grading than previous presentations. There are yellowish and greenish casts that are not evident in previous HD versions (even digital) which appear warmer. But this color grading is truer to the original theatrical presentation on film. Fuqua makes a strong partnership with David Ayer who revels in the complex moral dynamic between Alonzo and Jake. "I walk a higher path son," Alonzo intones when Jake doubts that his so-called training day isn't going as he imagined. The movie smoothly assimilates strong dialogue and violent set-pieces while avoiding a stop-start momentum. That said, what makes Training Day jump off the screen is Washington’s remarkable turn as a corrupt cop whose street-savvy practices ultimately led him down the wrong path. Occasionally, we get a glimpse of the man he used to be before power and cynicism corrupted his mentality. Still, we also come to understand his unorthodox ways. He’s a cautionary tale and perhaps even a dark vision of Hawke’s inevitable future. L.A. produces no heroes.

I find some jobs to be fascinating from a point-of-view of “I could never do that in a million years.” Yes, I’m a middle-aged white guy with a marketing job who works from home and can’t even begin to imagine the complexities that a guy like Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington, in an Oscar-winning performance) navigates in Training Day. Idealistic young cop Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) is a newlywed and an expectant father. His goal is to make detective in the LAPD and the fastest way to do this is to join the undercover division. While here, he has to work the streets for a year or so before earning his promotion. Hoyt gets the opportunity to work under Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) where they spend the day getting to know one another and patrol some of L.A.’s toughest neighborhoods. Alonzo has streets smarts and prefers a different kind of law – he lets criminals go after he’s scared them and so forth. As the day progresses, Hoyt witnesses a different kind of policework and it’s not one that he’s too fond of. Is Alonzo the force’s saving grace or just a corrupt cop?

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Secondary Audio: French (Québécois) DD 2.0 | French DD 5.1 | German DD 5.1 | Italian DD 5.1 | Spanish (Castilian) DD 5.1 | Spanish (Latino) DD 2.0 | Czech DD 5.1 Description: Police drama about a veteran officer who escorts a rookie on his first day with the LAPD's tough inner-city narcotics unit. "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. Does law-abiding law enforcement come at the expense of justice and public safety? If so, do we demand safe streets at any cost?

evident on these 1080p/SDR screenshots, but such moments are few and far-between.) I'll nonetheless award the 4K presentation a soft 4.25/5,Bros. catalog release. Even without the obvious boost from its native 4K source material or HDR10 enhancement, this 1080p transfer offers a One of the first titles to score both a Blu-ray and HD-DVD release, Training Day has long been in need of an upgrade - and we finally have one! This new HDR10 2160p 2.35:1 transfer simply shines like a beautiful new penny. Point of interest though, streaming 4K options offer Dolby Vision HDR so keep that in mind. But for this disc, it offers vivid clear details with a nice naturally cinematic film grain structure, the film has never looked this good on home video. Facial features, details in the grimy city streets and neighborhoods, and the film’s excellent production values are all on display. One frame to the next it just looks better and better. paced and almost relentless film that set the stage for some of the decade's most defining police-themed entertainment like Shawn Ryan's The Shield, focusing The climactic, explosive monologue, with its memorable, improvised reference to King Kong, may be remembered for the sheer volume emanating from an actor who regularly plays it calm and cool. But it's memorable for its human qualities, pivoting from denial to rage and ultimately to despair and fear. they're applied more liberally to darker elements to create more of a vibrant "push-and-pull" effect that leads to a lot more visual

For a synopsis and appreciation of the film, please see Martin Liebman's linked review of WB's old Blu-ray. I can't quite award Training Day

A lot of that look is built into the photography, so when you see the print, you get that vibe, but we could push that to even further limits and trippier values to create otherworldly elements that would have been very difficult to do photochemically,” she said. here as well: the original 5.1 mix has not been preserved, which is my reason for the half-point audio deduction.) Otherwise it's as an impressive a The 4K edition of Training Day gives the audio a substantial upgrade to Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 in 24-bit quality compared Blu-rays that offered the audio in Dolby Digital 5.1 (which were standard for WB titles) but notably an impressive mix. video fans"; it's not as drastic as, say Goodfellas, but I still think a middle-ground approach would have yielded better results. (It's also a bit dark in spots, which is more However, she added, “If you push that HDR a little too far, it becomes hard to see into the low lights, and it’s almost like your pupils dilate. There’s a beautiful light coming across Denzel’s face, and his eyes are lit up. I wanted the light to hit, I wanted that drama, but I didn’t want to bury the tension in what you don’t see.”