Training Day Critic Reviews
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Ominously atmospheric study of police corruption dangles danger and sinister motives at every turn.Read the full review
If nothing else, Training Day is a gorgeous pedestal for Denzel Washington.Read the full review
Training Day can be simplistic, formulaic and absurdly melodramatic -- but Mr. Washington is flat-out great.Read the full review
A taut, high-velocity film that departs from the action flick template by having actual ideas.Read the full review
Even when it falls back excessively on coincidence and contrived set pieces, even when it gushes irretrievably over the top in its final act, Washington makes Training Day sizzle.Read the full review
It is so propulsive so much of the time, it almost looks as if it's going to go the distance. If Washington & Co. don't quite manage to bring it home, the getting there sure is something.Read the full review
So extreme is his mad dog behavior, indeed, that it shades over into humor: Washington seems to enjoy a performance that's over the top and down the other side.Read the full review
With its unflinching style, Training Day can be hard to sit through at times. But it's worth the discomfort for the adrenaline rush of the plot and Washington's compelling performance.Read the full review
Mr. Washington's dry-ice grandeur -- the predator's reflexes contrasting with a pensive mouth -- deserves regard, and his powerhouse virtuosity will almost guarantee him an Oscar nomination.Read the full review
Though Training Day doesn't resolve itself as well as it deserves and ends strictly cops-and-robbers style, it's given us some great acting and something to ponder. Not every cop show can lay claim to that.Read the full review
