Training Day
Published April 7, 2012
Film info
- Title Training Day
- Director Antoine Fuqua
- Year 2001
- Run time 2hrs 2m
- Genres Thriller, Crime, Action, Drama
- Tagline The only thing more dangerous than the line being crossed, is the cop who will cross it
Working undercover is a job. And an attitude. A mad dog narco cop blurs the line between cop and criminal as he mentors an idealistic rookie partner during his Training Day.
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:27 | Guns on the breakfast table, not sure I’d allow that. |
| 4:09 | He set his alarm at five for a ten am start? |
| 9:19 | He’s potentially the scariest boss in existence. |
| 10:22 | Rolling the window doesn’t mean anything these days, with electric buttons. |
| 14:13 | He doesn’t appear to have a siren on his fancy car. |
| 17:08 | See, that’s fine, I wouldn’t want to work with him anyway! |
| 27:38 | He’s just going to watch him? |
| 35:49 | “I said a wolf, not a rooster.” |
| 37:00 | D, O, double G!! |
| 45:03 | And Macy Gray! Weirdo musical film. |
| 49:45 | “Don’t come in this area with anything less than a platoon.” Last place on earth I’d go. |
| 58:32 | The puzzle factory is a new term for it. |
| 1:05:10 | I am properly confused now. |
| 1:15:23 | Not sure I like any of the people in this movie. |
| 1:19:58 | People calling other people ‘son’ is very patronising. Unless they are actually their son, I guess. |
| 1:27:02 | Why has he left him? |
| 1:33:37 | Aww, he has to take the bus! |
| 1:42:24 | People always end up on the roof. I have never been on a roof in my life. |
| 1:47:44 | All those people watching, I’d be hiding in my house! |
| 1:51:50 | Comparing yourself to King Kong is a bit of a stretch. |
| 1:56:27 | That last line, a bit of recall, was the best bit of the film. |
Conclusions
This is another film that Mr C has seen and liked, which he wanted us to watch. Also, we saw a trailer for Brooklyn’s Finest which is a relatively new film by the same director, and which Mr C suggested was exactly the same movie over again. So, we thought we’d watch this first before seeing what that one was like.
I wanted to like it, but I didn’t. I got very confused in the middle, so that I didn’t know who was good, who was bad, what was going on, and what the entire point was. I didn’t particularly like any of the people, and it all felt a bit weird. It had some good lines, but went on too long. Not a fan, I’m afraid.
**Rating: **2/5
Rating: 2 / 5