Film

Training Day 2001

Directed by Antoine Fuqua

  • Action, Crime, Drama
  • 122 min
  • R

The only thing more dangerous than the line being crossed, is the cop who will cross it.

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.

ActionCrimeDramadrug dealercaliforniapolice brutalitypokerbratva (russian mafia)war on drugsdrug traffickingpolice corruptionlos angeles, californiagang memberrookie copnarcotics cop

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Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and grave.

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