Training Day : Are You a Wolf or a Sheep?
Training Day: Are you a Wolf or a Sheep? Anyone who has started a new job knows how terrifying it can be. Antoine Fuqua's film, Training Day shows just how scary it can get. After viewing the film, most critics were not really sure what they thought of it. I am split as well between, Denzel Washington's charismatic performance, Ethan Hawke's underdeveloped character, and the horrid script written by David Ayer. He has the audience continuously debating; whose side should I be on?From the beginning, Washington's character, Alonzo Harris show signs of being impatient and rude when he hangs up on his new trainee Jake Hoyt (played by Ethan Hawke). When Alonzo takes Jake to his "office," which turns out to be his customized, black Monte Carlo, hydraulics and all, he immediately cuts Jake off from any other authority figure. It felt slightly shady, but this was particularly sly because he is now solely in the hands of Alonzo. Alonzo's street slang rolls off his tongue, obviously from his need to use it. He's on a first-name basis with some of the lowest of the low in his business. Everyone on the street knows he is a cop, but they also know that as long as you do not get on his bad side and give him information every now and then
Fuqua & David Ayer were too concerned with collecting a continuous barrage of over the top action sequences. It simply ends too abruptly without ever really knowing the repercussions that such a day would have on the idealistic character that Jake once was when the day began. As I stated aloft, anyone who has started a new job knows how terrifying it can be. You wander through blindly, putting on a happy face, latching onto your authority figures for help. He believes in "street justice" and he has his own work ethics. As the film progresses I can see why William Arnold of the Seattle Post says, ". It was very difficult for me to connect with Jake. And this is supposed to be Jake's story?! I find it very hard to believe that Hoyt has never heard anything about Alonzo's ruthless ways. Hawke plays the part well, but I believe that he can do so much better. It's almost as if the whole situation with the Russians was added later during film editing when Ayer realized it was too difficult to write an ending that tied everything in together. This is exemplified by the Academy Award nominations were announced. he plays his first all-out, unmitigated, scenery-chewing fiend of a villain. Dre, and Macy Gray are fine, but somewhat distracting. When the surprises come, I am ready for them, sadly Hoyt is not.
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