Training Day "In the state of nature the man lives a war on all against all. The man is a wolf for the man." Thomas Hobbes. The movie talks about the inner streets conflicts each day in the U.S‚ a war between residents‚ drug dealers and the people who tries to protect from the other. In the movie this war has a principal character‚ one member of L.A.P.D. Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris‚ a 13 year veteran narcotics officer who has a hidden methodology that passes the line between legality and
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Training Day Even though extreme‚ Training Day shows its audience a real life scenario of the power of temptation and the terror that is happening everyday in many of our inner cities. This film attempts to open our eyes to the idea that no one is immune to corruption‚ not even our police. Training Day is a thought provoking film that addresses the issues of corruption and violence that many people face everyday in our society and makes us face the fact that there is a darker side of the law
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commit acts of corruption. The movie Training Day is a great example of police corruption. Training Day is a police drama that stars Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt‚ a rookie cop at the Los Angeles Police Department‚ who is eager to join the supreme narcotics unit‚ led by Denzel Washington‚ who plays Detective Alonzo Harris‚ a thirteen year veteran and Detective Sergeant. Harris has decided to give Hoyt a chance to join his team with a one day tour of the streets. As the day wears on‚ it is starting to become
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“Today is your training day‚ Officer Hoyt.” The famous quote from the gritty thriller/drama Training Day. Based on “a day in the life” of a rookie narc officer being trained‚ it is not your will Ferrell and mark Wahlberg The other guys comedy cop movie. It brings a realistic look at what being a narcotics officer is actually like. They did it so well that it won various awards. Training day came to theaters in February of 2001. It stars Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke‚ and directed by Antoine
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Training Day Film Critique Bisi Lawson ENG 225 Professor Waltman May 19th 2013 Training Day Film Critique Have you ever wondered what it was like behind the scenes while watching one of your favorite movies of all time? Well‚ there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes that some individuals never even think to think about. In the film Training Day‚ there are many fascinating aspects that all went into use to make such a terrific film. Everything from great storytelling‚ acting‚ characters
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In the movie “Training Day” there were several events that occurred that were violating individual’s Fourth and Fifth Amendment. An even though depending upon the situation of the events there can be certain things a police officer can do if they have a reasonable/probable explanation behind their actions. Some of the events that’s occurred in the movie were the pulling over a vehicle of college students‚ violence against homeless men‚ Violation on Snoop Dogg‚ and the home search of Macy Gray. All
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good instinct and intelligence. Harris is corrupt down to the bone and it is evident pretty much from the start of the movie. He has a huge debt to repay due to some illegal gambling‚ and uses his connections with corrupt officials to get the money to pay his debt‚ or lose his life. His team of narc officers is also corrupt. He puts Hoyt’s character through his paces on his first day and forces him to choose between corruption and doing the right thing. Hoyt being of good moral character turns down
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Michael Rounsavall 1/9/08 Management 202 Training Day: Movie Analysis The movie Training Day starring Denzel Washington‚proved to show many interesting outlooks of managing activities and skills that I have never even came close to noticing before. Alonzo Harris played by Denzel in the movie expressed many forms of management throughout this movie. He displayed different basic management functions‚ fundamental management skills‚ parts of the evolution of management‚ and also some other
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I watched the movie Training Day. This movie shows many examples of unmoral and unethical police work. Denzel Washington is a narcotics detective for the LAPD named Alonzo Harris. His methods of enforcing the law are very questionable during the film‚ if not corrupt. Harris’ job is to train rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period. Many Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt and this presents questions for him whether or not to follow along with Harris‚ and if his methodology for ridding the streets in South
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The First Day of Basic Training Week 1 Assignment 1 Descriptive Essay Chasity Schwoeppe 01/20/2012 The First Day of Basic Training I left for basic training on July 30‚ 2008‚ and arrived in Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on July 31‚ 2008. Before we entered into our extreme training‚ we processed into the Army for a whole week at reception. On the day of actual basic training‚ we realized our great lives changed to instructions all day‚ miserable feelings‚ separation from family‚ and extreme
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