Rotten
If he makes it through the trial by fire -- and a blandly twisting plot with no meaningful revelations or substantial themes -- Hawke will get a promotion, but there's nothing in it for us.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Training Day
The only thing more dangerous than the line being crossed, is the cop who will cross it.
2001 · 2h 2m · R
Action, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Antoine Fuqua
Overview
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
On a purely visceral level, Training Day is easily the most exciting movie out there right now, but as a morality tale with anything large on its mind, it's a cop-out.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Training Day isn't just one of the finest cops-and-robbers thrillers of recent years, full of devious twists and gut-grinding tension, but it also steers clear of convenient moral formulas.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh
Training Day is a tense, polished, well-made action thriller that suffers from bad timing.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Fresh
As usual Washington is astounding. He grabs the screen like a vise and never lets go.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com
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