History Film / TrainingDay

* WontDoYourDirtyWork: Near the end, when various ghetto residents, including many {{Gangbangers}} who've been forced to obey Alonzo, come out to see the commotion between him and Jake, Alonzo tries to get them to kill Jake for him. Bone, the lead gangster, refuses and tells Alonzo he needs to do it himself, with the clear implication that if Alonzo can't beat Jake on his own, he'll lose all his VillainCred, which in turn would [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore make the local residents lose their fear of Alonzo]].

The film focuses on young and naive LAPD officer Jake Hoyt (Hawke) undergoing a single day evaluation by renowned and respected narcotics detective Alonzo Harris (Washington). Alonzo lets Hoyt step into his "office" (car) and takes him for [[ExtremelyShortTimespan a 24-hour ride]] [[TrainingFromHell through the drug neighborhoods and gang territories of South Los Angeles]]. Hoyt soon is exposed to the darker side of police duty as he realizes Alonzo's methods make him not so different from the criminals he pursues.

** Roger, Alonzo's drug contact, is really friendly and genial, and is in fact a long time friend of Alonzo. In fact, Jake's opinion of Alonzo sours completely when [[spoiler:Alonzo kills Roger, and takes his money]]. Alonzo justifies himself by pointing out to Jake that however friendly he was with Roger, he was still a feared drug lord.
** The Latino GangBangers that Alonzo and Jake visit [[spoiler:reveal that were hired by Alonzo to get rid of Jake]]. They play cards with Jake, and though it's a BatmanGambit, the latter decides to let him go for saving his cousin earlier in the film, revealing that it was NothingPersonal.

* AssholeVictim: At the end of the movie, [[spoiler: Alonzo himself is killed by the Russian hitmen for killing one of their couriers and not paying up on time.]]

** Alonzo's whole master plan doesn't begin, [[spoiler:until after he convinces Jake to take drugs - which he would later use for leverage against him. He also notices that Hoyt has a bad need to impress and uses it for all it's worth.]]
** Smiley and his friends talk Jake into showing them his gun. [[spoiler:After he takes out all the bullets, ''then'' they make their intention to kill him known.]][[spoiler: Also, at the beginning of the film Alonzo asks Jake if he carries a backup, Jake tells him he doesn't. Later in the film Alonzo probably tells his buddies Jake is only carrying the one weapon, so they know they only have to get the one before they kill him.]]

* BookEnds: Near the beginning of the film, Alonzo and Jake cut-off a bunch of college kids who bought some marijuana. [[spoiler: This move is also used against Alonzo in the end of the film, when TheMafiya cut him off and execute him with prejudice.]]

* ClusterFBomb: 211 uses of the word throughout the film.

* TheCorrupter: Virtually every police officer is corrupt and not at all shy about extortion, robbery and murder. The DA's team is not that much better.

** Possibly subverted in Alonzo's case. At first looks like he loves his mistress Sara and his son. However it's clear there's anything but love in it. His relationship with Sara is just for sex and nothing more and he even treats her as an annoyance at the climax. During the final shootout with Jake he appears to be subtletly manipulating Sara's son to be his HumanShield.

* FatalFlaw: For Alonzo, Wrath. Despite usually been smooth and calculating, his temper often gets the better of him. [[spoiler:His killing of a courier for the Mafiya in Las Vegas is what gets him in trouble, and serves the backbone for the movie's plot]]. One could argue, Lust as well, since Jake accurately deduces that he would be at his mistress' home, after [[spoiler:abandoning Jake to be killed by gangsters]].

* ForcedFriendlyFire: Jake is trying to bring Alonzo (who's currently unarmed) to justice. But as he's climbing over a railing, Alonzo gets the drop on him and causes Jake's gun to be discharged into the local projects (the Jungle), thereby turning the confrontation into a fist fight. [[FridgeBrilliance This act was probably the final straw for the disillusioned people living on that street, considering Alonzo's history of using them for his own needs]].

* GoodIsNotSoft: Jake Hoyt. As shown as early as when he prevents two drug-addicts from raping a teenage girl. Alonzo even notes that he applied an illegal chokehold on one of them, [[BaddieFlattery and applauds him for it]]. Later during his final confrontation with [[spoiler:Alonzo]], he beats him up, holds him at gunpoint, and shoots him in the buttocks, [[spoiler:after Alonzo hired three GangBangers to kill him]].

** Jake and Alonzo argue over "street justice" when the latter doesn't even attempt to take in the attempted rapists of a high-school girl, and himself notes that they'll probably be killed by the gangsters she's related to. Alonzo even says that they hope that the "scum sort each out", as it gives the LAPD less work to deal with. [[spoiler: It seems out of all the lessons Alonzo taught him, Jake took this one to heart, as by the end, Jake has Alonzo at gunpoint - the latter as much a scumbag as those he fights, when a GangBanger assures him that they'll deal with him, and he can leave. Jake complies, leaving him to "street justice"]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Alonzo is a rather nasty person who often enjoy roughing up his suspects when he wants to.

** Alonzo turns his scenery chewing on and off according to his needs.
** Also the GangBangers, ''homes'' with the exepction of Smiley.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Alonzo leaves Jake to die at the hands of Smiley and his cronies, but Jake manages to get out alive. Following this, Jake not only takes Alonzo's badge, but the money he needs to pay off the Russians.]]

* LetMeTellYouAStory: Alonzo's friend Roger decides to tell Jake a joke. He tells him about a snail that gets thrown off some guy's porch into the backyard and nearly dies. After about a year, the man encounters the snail on his porch again, and asks it "''What the fuck's your problem!?''" Jake laughs until he sees Roger and Alonzo's serious expressions and realize that it isn't a joke at all. Roger tells him that when he figures the joke out, he'll figure the streets out[[note]]No matter how long it takes you to achieve your dreams, they can be torn away from your in an instant by a much larger force, forcing you to start over...and there's no guarantee that force won't be there when and if you try again. The snail represents Roger, and the guy on the man represents Alonzo[[/note]].
* TheMafiya: [[spoiler:Alonzo is in big with them for attacking and killing an important member of theirs in Las Vegas, and is given until midnight on Tuesday to come up with a million dollars or he will be executed.]]

* NobleDemon: Smiley is a notorious criminal (we don't know what precisely his crimes are though) [[spoiler: hired by Alonzo to kill Jake. However he decides to spare him when he finds out Jake saved his young cousin from being raped.]] Also the fact that, as he says, he dislikes Alonzo just as Jake since he (Alonzo) "don't respect nada" implies that Smiley might have some sort of code of honor.

* NothingPersonal: Smiley says this after [[spoiler: he spares Jake's life]]. In this case, it really isn't; Smiley hates the guy who ordered the hit a lot more than the actual victim, towards whom he harbors no particular ill will beyond a general dislike of cops. It's when the target ''makes it'' personal that his life is spared--[[spoiler:Smiley has to show his gratitude to the guy who rescued his little cousin from a pair of rapists on the street, and sticking it to Alonzo is an added bonus.]]

* PetTheDog: After Jake saves the girl from the rapists, Alonzo seems impressed, to the point where he tells a sullen Jake that he did good.

* {{Retirony}}: During his first appearance, Alonzo's long time drug contact and friend, Roger, talks about how he plans to retire from the drug dealing business and live the easy life on a beach. [[spoiler: He is later setup and killed by Alonzo for the stash of money he was saving for his retirement. Can also count as DeathByIrony, since like the joke he told about the snail, he was very close to fulfilling his dream, only to [[YankTheDogsChain have it taken from him]]. But unlike the snail, he doesn't get to recover and try again.]]

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Alonzo thinks he's above the law because he works for the Three Wise Men, who are corrupt cops in high-ranking positions. [[spoiler: It's through them that Alonzo gets permission to rob and kill his long time drug contact. However, the alternate ending revealed that it was the Three Wise Men who sent Hoyt to make sure Alonzo didn't pay off the Russians.]]

* TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler:Towards the end of the film, Hoyt corners Alonzo, and can either kill him, or take him in with no evidence, ruining his own career. He reaches out and takes Alonzo's badge. ''And'' the money he needs to pay off the Mafiya.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: By the end of the film, its pretty apparent that Jake took one.

* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Jake comments that the police usually don't enter The Jungle with anything less than a platoon. This is true in RealLife as well: the neighborhood they enter is avoided by the LAPD as effectively un-police-able. Antoine Fuqua specifically approached the gangs to get permission to film there, as the city effectively has no authority there.

** Smiley and his friends talk Jake into showing them his gun. [[spoiler:After he takes out all the bullets, ''then'' they make their intention to kill him known.]]

* GroinAttack: Alonzo does this to the crackhead who said “suck my dick bitch” and boy did it look PAINFUL, [[AssholeVictim but considering he tried to rape a teenage girl?? It’s hard to feel sorry for him.]]

** Also, Alonzo loved to say "Do you want to go to jail, or do you want to go home" to the people he would harsh. In the end, [[spoiler:Jake repeated the same line to Alonzo after he took the stolen money from him.]] More subtly, after using the line with most of the criminals he and Jake encounter, we then hear him say it [[spoiler: to fellow cops as they plot to cover up a murder.]]

''Training Day'' is a [[FilmNoir Neo Noir]] crime film from 2001 directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Creator/DenzelWashington and Creator/EthanHawke.

* YourCheatingHeart: Alonzo has 4 kids with his wife, and at least one more with Sara.

* BulletsDoNotWorkThatWay: The result of a shootout after "searching" a house in the ghetto is a back window with a few bullet holes. There is no visible damage done to the vehicle anywhere else, or to the occupants who should have been included in their trajectory.

** The Latino GangBangers that Alonzo and Jake visit [[spoiler:that were hired by Alonzo to get rid of Jake]]. They play cards with Jake, and though it's a BatmanGambit, the latter decides to let him go for saving his cousin earlier in the film, revealing that it was NothingPersonal.

** After Alonzo robs the girlfriend of a drug lord, her angry tirade alerts the drug lord's men to shoot at the officers. Alonzo tries to start the car quickly, but they manage to shoot the back window. Alonzo is [[BerserkButton visibly annoyed]] since he took a great deal of pride in what is [[CoolCar a very nice car]] and immediately steps out to return fire.

** Possibly subverted in Alonzo's case. At first looks like he loves his mistress Sara and his son. However it's clear there's anything but love in it. His relationship with Sara is just for sex and nothing more and he even treats her as an annoyance at the climax. During the final shootout with Jake he appears to subtletly manipulating Sara's son to be his HumanShield.

* FatalFlaw: For Alonzo, Wrath. Despite usually been smooth and calculating, his temper often gets the better of him. [[spoiler:His killing of a courier for the Mafiya in Las Vegas is that gets him in trouble, and serves the backbone for the movie's plot]]. One could argue, Lust as well, since Jake accurately deduces that he would be at his mistress' home, after [[spoiler:abandoning Jake to be killed by gangsters]].

* FlatWhat: Alonzo gives this when Bone walks back to grab his gun, and tells Jake he's free to go, and what he'll take care of things from here, holding Alonzo at gunpoint.

** Also, Alonzo loved to say "Do you want to go to jail, or do you want to go home" to the people he would harsh. In the end,[[spoiler:Jake repeated the same line to Alonzo after he took the stolen money from him.]] More subtly, after using the line with most of the criminals he and Jake encounter, we then hear him say it [[spoiler: to fellow cops as they plot to cover up a murder.]]

* YouWouldntShootMe: In the climax, Alonzo taunts [[spoiler:Jake]] as the latter holds him at gunpoint, calling his bluff on shooting a police officer, even going as far as turning around and walking to grab the gun of a GangBanger laid on the ground to shoot him. [[spoiler:He finds out the hard way that Jake would shoot him. In the ass. He even warns him what would happen if he tries a stunt like that again]].

** Also the GangBangers, ''homes''.

** Subverted in Alonzo's case. At first looks like he loves his mistress Sara and his son. However it's clear there's anything but love in it. His relationship with Sarah is just for sex and nothing more as he outright admits that he already has a wife and 4 kids. During the final shootout with Jake he appears to subtletly manipulating Sara's son to be his HumanShield.

* VillainCred: Discussed. A trio of Mexican GangBangers discuss [[RabidCop Alonzo Harris]]: one of them considers Alonzo a "ruthless vato", but their leader Smiley [[EvenEvilHasStandards disagrees]]; "he don't respect nada".

The film focuses on young and naive LAPD officer Jake Hoyt (Hawke) undergoing a single day evaluation by renowned and respected narcotics officer Alonzo Harris (Washington). Alonzo lets Hoyt step into his "office" (car) and takes him for [[ExtremelyShortTimespan a 24-hour ride]] [[TrainingFromHell through the drug neighborhoods and gang territories of South Los Angeles]]. Hoyt soon is exposed to the darker side of police duty as he realizes Alonzo's methods make him not so different from the criminals he pursues.

* NobleDemon: Smiley is a notorious criminal (we don't know what precisely his crimes are though) [[spoiler: hired by Alonzo to kill Jake. However he decides to spare him when he finds out Jake saves his young cousing from being raped.]] Also the fact that, as himself says, dislikes Alonzo just as Jake since he (Alonzo) "don't respect nada" implies that Smiley might have some sort of code of honor.

* EvilIsPetty: After Alonzo refuses to book in the crackheads/attempted rapists, he spends two minutes harassing one of them for calling him a "bitch" and telling him to "suck [his] dick."

* RetroactiveRecognition: An uncredited Creator/TerryCrews makes an appearance as a gang member.

* YouWouldntShootMe: In the climax, Alonzo taunts [[spoiler:Jake]] as the latter holds him at gunpoint, calling his bluff on shooting a police officer, even going as far as turning around and walking to grab the gun of a GangBanger laid on the ground to shoot him. [[spoiler:[[GoodIsNotSoft He finds out the hard way that Jake would shoot him]]. [[ShotInTheAss In the ass]]. He even warns him what would happen if he tries a stunt like that again]].

* LetMeTellYouAStory: Alonzo's friend Roger decides to tell Jake a joke. He tells him about a snail that gets thrown off some guy's porch into the backyard and nearly dies. After about a year, the man encounters the snail on his porch again, and asks it "''What the fuck's your problem!?''" Jake laughs until he sees Roger and Alonzo's serious expressions and realize that it isn't a joke at all. Roger tells him that when he figures the joke out, he'll figure the streets out[[note]][[AnAesop On the streets, an injury to a person is not forgotten, and no matter how long it takes them to get back at you, your target WILL show up again and take you on, no matter how much pain, effort or misery they have to endure to get there]][[/note]].

* LetMeTellYouAStory: Alonzo's friend Roger decides to tell Jake a joke. He tells him about a snail that gets thrown off some guy's porch into the backyard and nearly dies. After about a year, the man encounters the snail on his porch again, and asks it "''What the fuck's your problem!?''" Jake laughs until he sees Roger and Alonzo's serious expressions and realize that it isn't a joke at all. Roger tells him that when he figures the joke out, he'll figure the streets out.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: ''Some'' of Alonzo's actions can be interpreted this way. Others, not so much.