10 Things You Didn't Know About 'Training Day'

[OmegaK2099]

its a one and done story, a sequel would have made it

because with anything once you start a part 2, they start wanting a 3 then a prequel and so on

 

[R-Typ3]

Having Paul Walker or Freddie Prinze would've turned that shyt into a comedy. They're barely actors.

Ryan Phillipe doesn't fit the tone for me though.

Tobey Maguire would've definitely been an interesting choice and no doubt a career defining moment had he done the role and the movie justice. Most people only know him as spider-man now though which is kinda sad.

I think Hawke was definitely the right choice.

Hawke had that vulnerability/madness u would need to show what Jake was going thru inside this whole day...he's the only one who could pull off the eses trying to pop him in the bathtub and then walkin back in the Jungles to get Alonzo right after

 

[the cool]

if you ain't seen training day I find it hard to respect you as a man

Walked out

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Everybody knows Snoop is a good/underrated actor.

His performance in Baby Boy is perfect for his role.

 

[FrederickDouglas]

Walked out

 

[Romey Rome]

another thing you notice watching it again is Alonzo setting everything up from the get go, leading up to the poker scene like"Hows your Espanol?" And "keep that bathtub clean."

whats the bathtub being clean have to do with anything? im lost on that one breh

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

The only thing that ruins the movie for me is the Mexican gangsters cousin being the same girl Jake saved.. As well as Jake saving that picture of her that she dropped... As well as Tuco conveniently emptying Jake's pockets so he could find that picture

shyt ruined the plot for me

 

[Brofato]

The only thing that ruins the movie for me is the Mexican gangsters cousin being the same girl Jake saved.. As well as Jake saving that picture of her that she dropped... As well as Tuco conveniently emptying Jake's pockets so he could find that picture

shyt ruined the plot for me

It was convenient as hell but Cliff Curtis mostly sold it for me. And I wasn't really bothered by it, to be honest.

Life's a trip, que no?

Also, if anything about that part should take you out of the movie, it's her being 14.

And Alonzo not killing Jake when they were fighting.

 

[TripleAgent]

ad-libbed that king kong line if u aint got denzel as the GOAT already after reading that he damn well better be

EDIT: and he made them change the ending too

He was GOAT at Malcolm X, this is when everyone else figured it out.

 

[OmegaK2099]

whats the bathtub being clean have to do with anything? im lost on that one breh

really?

 

[kingdarius]

He was GOAT at Malcolm X, this is when everyone else figured it out.

u aint gotta tell me that breh since thats my favorite movie from him....i actually have devil in a blue dress ahead of training day also

 

[Originalman]

Equalizer was the sequel....Alonzo got his revenge on all them got dam Russians...

 

[Killer Instinct]

This is on Netflix now and I just finished it with my old lady a few minutes ago since she'd never seen this classic.
Denzel and Hawke both killed it.

You miss so much the first time around and then you watch it two or three more times and notice the little details that have you


If you listen, you can hear Alonzo start up his car after the Mexican gangbangers he's hired to kill Jake deal the cards the second time.

 

[General Mills]

Did not realize Fuqua was from Piffsburgh.

 

[Verbal Kint]

I still don't agree that Alonzo only decided to murk Jake after he didn't take the money. You could hear the whole convo between him and Smiley when he left Rogers and that wasn't creating a new plan, it was confirming what was already in place. Sounded like he set it up already to take Jake out. Alonzo was smart. He knew he had to deal with a rookie coming in on the same day he had to make moves. No way he could assume that rookie would be immediately ok with him robbing Sandman with a fake warrant and murking Roger then taking cash. No way for him to know the rookie would be down but he also knew he had to do what he had to do. Only solution he could find that would definitely protect him was to murk Jake. Of course who knows how he'd explain what happened to Jake but still.

Also read that Jake = IA theory and the flaw in that is if Jake was really trying to get dirt on Alonzo why in the world would he push back so hard on everything? He should've gone more with the flow to gain his trust. Its not like IA wouldve been expecting Alonzo to get murked, if they went through the trouble to get a guy in there they'd plan for him to be part of the team so after Roger got murked why wouldn't he play along more instead of immediately making everyone distrust him?