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{{short description|2001 film directed by Antoine Fuqua}}
{{About|the 2001 film|the CBS TV series based on the film|Training Day (TV series){{!}}''Training Day'' (TV series)|other uses}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Training Day
| image          = Training Day Poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| producer       = {{plainlist|
* [[Robert Newmyer|Bobby Newmyer]]
* Jeffrey Silver
}}
| director       = [[Antoine Fuqua]]
| writer         = [[David Ayer]]
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Denzel Washington]] 
* [[Ethan Hawke]]
* [[Scott Glenn]]
* [[Cliff Curtis]]
* [[Dr. Dre]]
* [[Snoop Dogg]]<!--PER BILLING BLOCK-->
}}
| music          = [[Mark Mancina]]
| cinematography = [[Mauro Fiore]]
| editing        = [[Conrad Buff IV|Conrad Buff]]
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* [[Village Roadshow Pictures]]
* NPV Entertainment
* Outlaw Productions
}}
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|2001|9|2|[[58th Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]]|2001|10|05|United States}}
| runtime        = 122 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $45 million
| gross          = $104.9 million
}}
'''''Training Day''''' is a 2001 American [[crime thriller film]] directed by [[Antoine Fuqua]] and written by [[David Ayer]]. It stars [[Denzel Washington]] as Alonzo Harris and [[Ethan Hawke]] as Jake Hoyt, two [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] narcotics officers followed over a 24-hour period in the gang-ridden neighborhoods of [[Westlake, Los Angeles|Westlake]], [[Echo Park, Los Angeles|Echo Park]], and [[South Los Angeles|South Central Los Angeles]]. It also features [[Scott Glenn]], [[Eva Mendes]], [[Cliff Curtis]], [[Dr. Dre]], [[Snoop Dogg]], and [[Macy Gray]] in supporting roles.

''Training Day'' was released on October 5, 2001, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Washington and Hawke's performances but were divided on the screenplay. The film received numerous accolades and nominations with Washington's performance earning him the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] and Hawke being nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] at the [[74th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-the-envelope-please-t/124522198/ |title=The envelope, please: The 2nd annual Foscars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512221528/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-the-envelope-please-t/124522198/ |date=March 25, 2002 |access-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |page=30 |publisher=[[The Journal News]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref>

A [[Training Day (TV series)|television series based on the film]], produced by [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], was announced in August 2015 and premiered on February 2, 2017, on [[CBS]]. Only [[Noel Gugliemi]], [[Tom Berenger]] and [[Raymond J. Barry]] reprised their roles. The show was cancelled after one season.

==Plot==
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Jake Hoyt, an ambitious [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] officer, is assigned to work with Detective Alonzo Harris, a highly decorated [[narcotic]]s officer<!--Alonzo's corruption isn't revealed until later in the film; best to reveal this as the plot summary progresses.--> for a one-day evaluation to determine if Jake will be invited to join the narcotics squad. Driving around in Alonzo's [[Chevrolet Monte Carlo#Third generation (1978–1980)|Monte Carlo]], they begin the day by catching some college kids buying [[marijuana]]. Alonzo confiscates the drugs, puts them into a pipe and tells Jake to smoke it. When Jake refuses, Alonzo threatens him at gunpoint, stating that such a refusal while on the streets would get him killed. Jake smokes the pipe and gets very high. Alonzo laughs, disclosing that it was laced with [[Phencyclidine|PCP]].

They pay a visit to Roger, an ex-cop turned drug dealer. After they leave, Jake notices a pair of addicts attempting to [[rape]] Letty, a teenage girl in an alley. Jake intervenes while Alonzo watches him subdue the attackers. After Letty leaves, Alonzo menaces the rapists, but declines to arrest them and Jake collects Letty's wallet from the ground.

Later, Alonzo and Jake apprehend a dealer named Blue, who has [[Crack cocaine|crack rocks]] and a loaded handgun in his possession. Rather than go to jail, Blue informs on his employer Kevin "Sandman" Miller, who is in prison. Using a fake [[search warrant]], Alonzo steals $40,000 from Sandman's home. At lunch, the two visit Alonzo's mistress Sara and their young son. Alonzo then meets with a trio of corrupt high-ranking police officials he dubs the "Three Wise Men". Aware that the [[Russian mafia]] is hunting Alonzo, they suggest he skip town. Alonzo insists he has control of the situation and trades the $40,000 for an [[arrest warrant]].

Alonzo assembles his squad of narcotics officers, and with Jake in tow they return to Roger's house and use the warrant to seize $4 million, a quarter of which Alonzo keeps and shares with his squad. Jake refuses to take a share of the money, worrying Alonzo and the other officers. Alonzo executes Roger after Jake refuses his order to do so, staging the scene with his men to make the shooting look justified. Infuriated, Jake gets into a [[Mexican standoff|standoff]] with the corrupt officers. Alonzo reveals he orchestrated the day's events to have leverage over Jake and threatens him with the police department's post-incident blood test, which will catch the PCP Jake smoked and end his career. Alonzo promises to protect Jake from the drug test in exchange for his cooperation and Jake begrudgingly complies.

Later that evening, Alonzo drives Jake to the home of a [[Sureño]] gangster named Smiley for an errand. As he waits for Alonzo, Jake reluctantly plays [[poker]] with Smiley and his fellow gang members, Sniper and Moreno. Smiley then explains Alonzo's situation: Alonzo got into a fight with a connected Russian mobster in [[Las Vegas]] and killed him. Alonzo must pay a million dollars as compensation, or be killed himself. Additionally, Smiley reveals Alonzo has abandoned Jake and paid Smiley to kill him. Jake attempts to flee but is beaten and dragged to the bathroom to be executed. Moreno searches Jake for money and finds the wallet of Letty, who happens to be Smiley's cousin. After calling Letty and confirming that Jake saved her, Smiley releases Jake out of gratitude.

An infuriated Jake returns to Sara's apartment to arrest Alonzo before he leaves to pay the Russians with Roger's money. A gunfight and chase ensue, and Alonzo is eventually subdued on the street while the entire neighborhood gathers to watch. Alonzo offers money to whoever kills Jake, but the neighborhood residents, tired of Alonzo's abuse, refuse. Jake takes the stolen cash to submit as evidence against Alonzo and the neighborhood gang allows him to leave safely with earned respect. An enraged Alonzo, realizing his plan has been foiled, unravels into a final desperate [[tantrum]] and threatens retaliation against the neighborhood, but, knowing he no longer holds any sway over them, the residents ignore Alonzo and walk away during his rant. Alonzo attempts to flee for the [[Los Angeles International Airport]], but is ambushed and gunned down by the Russians. Jake returns home as the press reports on Alonzo's death.

==Cast==
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{{Cast listing|
* [[Denzel Washington]] as Detective Alonzo Harris ([[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]])
* [[Ethan Hawke]] as Officer Jake Hoyt (LAPD)
* [[Scott Glenn]] as Roger
* [[Tom Berenger]] as Stan Gursky (LAPD, "Three Wise Men")
* [[Harris Yulin]] as Doug Rosselli (LAPD, "Three Wise Men")
* [[Raymond J. Barry]] as Lou Jacobs (LAPD, "Three Wise Men")
* [[Cliff Curtis]] as "Smiley"
* [[Dr. Dre]] as Paul (LAPD, Alonzo's squad)
* [[Snoop Dogg]] as "Blue"
* [[Macy Gray]] as Sandman's Wife
* [[Charlotte Ayanna]] as Lisa
* [[Eva Mendes]] as Sara
* [[Nick Chinlund]] as Tim (LAPD, Alonzo's squad)
* [[Jaime P. Gomez]] as Mark (LAPD, Alonzo's squad)
* [[Raymond Cruz]] as "Sniper"
* [[Noel Gugliemi]] as Moreno
* Kyjel N. Jolly as Alonzo's Son
* [[Peter Greene]] as Jeff (LAPD, Alonzo's squad) (uncredited)
* Samantha Esteban as Letty
* [[Cle Shaheed Sloan]] as "Bone"
* [[Terry Crews]] as a gang member (uncredited)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/07/terry-crews-best-roles/blended|work=Complex|title=Terry Crews' Best Roles|date=July 30, 2018|accessdate=January 24, 2024|last=List|first=Mallorie}}</ref>
}}

==Production==
===Development===
Although corruption in the LAPD's [[Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums|C.R.A.S.H.]] unit was yet to be exposed when ''Training Day'' was written, Antoine Fuqua has stated that the emergence of the [[Rampart scandal|Rampart Scandal]] in the late 1990s catalyzed the completion of the film. Denzel Washington also grew a beard in order to emulate the appearance of [[Rafael Pérez (police officer)|Rafael Pérez]], an LAPD narcotics officer involved in multiple scandals.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil and Slime on Screen|author=Murray Pomerance|author-link = Murray Pomerance |publisher=SUNY Press|date=February 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Racial Spectacles:Explorations in Media, Race and Justice|author=Jonathan Markovitz|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=October 14, 2011}}</ref> Fuqua wanted Washington's character to be seductive and part of a machine, and not just a random rogue cop. In Washington's own words: "I think in some ways he's done his job too well. He's learned how to manipulate, how to push the line further and further, and, in the process, he's become more hard-core than some of the guys he's chasing."<ref name="Rediff">[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/oct/06us.htm "Man on a mission"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726200734/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/oct/06us.htm |date=July 26, 2008 }}. ''Rediff.com''. October 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2011.</ref>

Fuqua also saw Ethan Hawke's character as generally honorable but so driven by ambition that he was willing to compromise his principles, particularly when following the charming and persuasive example of Washington's character. He has said that he fought with studio executives who wanted to cut the Three Wise Men scene, thinking it slowed the film. He insisted that the scene was pivotal in establishing that at least some of Alonzo's illegal actions were sanctioned by his superiors who regarded unethical behavior as a necessary evil.<ref name="DVD commentary">{{cite AV media | people=Fuqua, Antoine (director, primary contributor) | date= June 3, 2002 | title=Training Day DVD | medium=Motion picture commentary | location=U.S.}}</ref>

Fuqua wanted ''Training Day'' to look as authentic as possible, and he shot on location in some of the most infamous neighborhoods of Los Angeles. He even obtained permission to shoot in the [[Imperial Courts]] [[Public housing|housing project]], the first time L.A. street gangs had allowed a film crew to be brought into that neighborhood. The crew also filmed in Hoover Block and [[Baldwin Village, Los Angeles|Baldwin Village]].<ref name="Notes">{{cite web |title='Training Day' Production Notes |url=http://www.kingroom.com/movies/2001/training_day/notes.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020122034510/http://www.kingroom.com/movies/2001/training_day/notes.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2002 |work=[[Warner Bros.]] |access-date=February 11, 2010 }}</ref> Parts of the film were shot on the dead end street Palmwood Drive, where [[Black P. Stones (Jungles)|Black P. Stones]] gang members were seen on the rooftops. [[Cle Shaheed Sloan]], the gang technical advisor of ''Training Day'', managed to get on screen real-life gang members from [[Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips|Rollin' 60 Crips]], [[Crips|PJ Watts Crips]], and Black P. Stones. According to Fuqua, the actors and crew ended up receiving a warm welcome from local residents. When he was unable to shoot a scene directly on location, he recreated the locations on sets.<ref name="DVD commentary"/>

There were also two police officers on hand as [[technical advisor]]s, Michael Patterson and Paul Lozada (the latter from the [[San Francisco Police Department]]). Washington, Hawke and other cast members also met with undercover police officers, local drug dealers, and gang members to help understand their roles better.<ref name="Notes" />

===Casting===
[[Davis Guggenheim]] was originally attached to direct the film, with [[Matt Damon]] as Jake Hoyt and [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as Alonzo Harris.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/wb-recruits-ayer-s-training-day-1117744031/|title=WB recruits Ayer's 'Training Day'|date=July 21, 1999}}</ref> Once Washington became attached to the project, however, he requested to have Guggenheim replaced with Fuqua.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/waiting-for-superman-director-davis-guggenheim-1798222035/|title=Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=October 13, 2010 }}</ref> [[Eminem]] was offered the role of Hoyt, but turned it down in order to focus on preparing for ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'' (2002).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=116107|title = Eminem Gets Day vs. Denzel?|website = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref> If he had appeared, he would've shared scenes with his mentor [[Dr. Dre]] as well as [[Snoop Dogg]], both of whom do appear in the film. [[Tobey Maguire]], [[Paul Walker]], [[Freddie Prinze Jr.]], [[Ryan Phillippe]], and [[Scott Speedman]] all auditioned for the role of Hoyt.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/09/06/training-day/|title = Training Day|magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>

===Music===
{{Main|Training Day (soundtrack)}}
A soundtrack to the film was released on September 11, 2001, by [[Priority Records]]. It peaked at 35 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and 19 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] and spawned two hit singles, [[Nelly]]'s "[[Number 1 (Nelly song)|#1]]" and [[Dr. Dre]] and [[DJ Quik]]'s "Put It on Me".

==Release==
''Training Day'' was originally scheduled for release on September 21, 2001, and had a strong advertising push.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ledger-enquirer-training-to-have-its-d/128815616/ |title='Training' to have its day Oct. 5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725010101/https://www.newspapers.com/article/ledger-enquirer-training-to-have-its-d/128815616/ |date=September 19, 2001 |access-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |page=41 |publisher=[[Ledger-Enquirer]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> However, following the [[September 11 attacks]], the film was pushed back to October 5, 2001, replacing ''[[Collateral Damage (2002 film)|Collateral Damage]]''{{'}}s original release date.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/messenger-inquirer-men-in-black-2-endi/126102241/ |title='Men in Black 2' ending changed because of attack |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619195535/https://www.newspapers.com/article/messenger-inquirer-men-in-black-2-endi/126102241/ |date=September 15, 2001 |access-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |page=14 |publisher=[[Messenger-Inquirer]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref>

===Home media===
''Training Day'' was initially released on [[DVD]] and [[VHS]] on March 19, 2002.<ref>{{cite news |last=Godinez |first=Victor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122525912/heroes-of-the-past-are-resurrected/ |title=Heroes of the past are resurrected |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408215908/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122525912/heroes-of-the-past-are-resurrected/ |date=March 8, 2002 |access-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |page=98 |work=The Dallas Good Morning News |publisher=[[Sun Herald]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> A [[Blu-ray]] version was initially released on August 1, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|last=McCutcheon|first=David|title=Warner's Bundle of Blu-ray|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/07/31/warners-bundle-of-blu-ray|publisher=IGN|access-date=May 19, 2023|date=July 31, 2006}}</ref> A 4K Blu-ray version was released on February 28, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screen-connections.com/2023/01/17/training-day-4k-uhd-release-details/|title='Training Day'; Arrives On 4K Ultra HD February 28, 2023 & Digital On February 7 From Warner Bros|date=January 17, 2023 }}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Training Day'' opened at number one, grossing $22.5{{nbsp}}million, ahead of fellow new release ''[[Serendipity (film)|Serendipity]]'' in second place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/theatrical_article.cfm?article_id=1892 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215110312/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/theatrical_article.cfm?article_id=1892 |title=Weekend Box Office Report:'Training Day' Is Lesson No. 1 for Washington, Warners; 'Serendipity' Bubbles Up to No. 2 |website=[[hive4media.com]] |archive-date=December 15, 2001 |date=October 8, 2001 |access-date=September 21, 2019 |via=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url-status=live}}</ref> Upon opening, it achieved the second-highest October opening weekend, behind ''[[Meet the Parents]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/training-day-opens-to-242m/407108.article|title=Training Day opens to $24.2m}}</ref> It repeated in the top spot in its second weekend, above that week's new release of ''[[Bandits (2001 film)|Bandits]]'' in second place, and spent its first six weeks in the Top 10 at the box office.<ref name=BOMWeekend>{{cite web |title=''Patriot Games'' {{!}} Domestic Weekly |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1165460993/weekly/?ref_=bo_rl_tab#tabs |access-date=2023-08-23}}</ref> It went on to gross $76.6{{nbsp}}million in the United States and Canada, and $28.2{{nbsp}}million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $104.9{{nbsp}}million,<ref name=BOM>{{Cite Box Office Mojo |access-date=2023-08-23}}</ref> against a budget of $45{{nbsp}}million.<ref name=NUM>{{Cite The Numbers |id=Training-Day-(2001) |access-date=2023-08-18}}</ref>

===Critical response===
{{RT prose|74|3=170|4=The ending may be less than satisfying, but Denzel Washington reminds us why he's such a great actor in this taut and brutal police drama.|ref=yes|access-date=January 27, 2024}} {{MC film|71|36|ref=yes|access-date=2023-08-23}} Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= CinemaScore |work= cinemascore.com |access-date= |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' film critic [[Roger Ebert]] said: "Washington seems to enjoy a performance that's over the top and down the other side".<ref name=Ebert>{{cite news |title=Training Day |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=2001-10-05 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20011005/REVIEWS/110050305/1023 |access-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305142530/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20011005%2FREVIEWS%2F110050305%2F1023 |archive-date=2012-03-05}}</ref> Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, praising both the lead and supporting actors and the film's gritty, kinetic energy. He criticized the plot's implausibility, but praised its execution, stating: "Ayer's screenplay is ingenious in the way it plants clues and pays them off in unexpected ways, so that ''Training Day'' makes as much sense as movies like this usually can."<ref name=Ebert/>

Writing in ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', Michael Rechtshaffen gave the film a positive review, stating: "Denzel Washington ventures into the dark side as a seriously corrupt narcotics cop...  and the results are electrifying. So is the picture, thanks to taut, sinewy direction by Antoine Fuqua and a compelling script by David Ayer."<ref>{{cite magazine |title='Training Day': THR's 2001 Review |first=Michael |last=Rechtshaffen |date=2016-09-12 |orig-date=2001-09-04 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/training-day-2001-movie-review-926939/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020134534/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/training-day-2001-movie-review-926939/ |archive-date=2021-10-20 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Denzel Washington's performance as Detective Alonzo Harris was highly praised by critics. In ''[[The Village Voice]]'', [[Amy Taubin]] wrote that his "old-fashioned combination of decency and sexiness suggests the African American counterpart to [[Gregory Peck]] (in his ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' period), as an LAPD cop so evil he makes [[Harvey Keitel]]'s ''[[Bad Lieutenant]]'' look like even smaller potatoes than he was meant to be".<ref>{{cite news |title=Temples of the Familiar |first=Amy |last=Taubin |author-link=Amy Taubin |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=2001-10-02 |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-10-02/film/temples-of-the-familiar/ |access-date=August 10, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223120636/http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-10-02/film/temples-of-the-familiar/}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Ceremony date
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Recipient(s)
! scope="col" | Result
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[74th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars2002">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002 |title=The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 19, 2011 |work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109213431/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 }}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| March 24, 2002
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Denzel Washington]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Ethan Hawke]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Film Institute Awards#2001|American Film Institute Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/afiawards/AFIAwards01.aspx|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|title=AFI AWARDS 2001|accessdate=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
| January 5, 2002
| Actor of the Year – Male – Movies
| Denzel Washington
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| All Def Movie Awards
| rowspan="2"| February 25, 2016
| colspan="2"| Most Quoted Movie
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Bad Mu#&a Award
| Denzel Washington
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[ALMA Award]]s
| rowspan="2"| May 18, 2002
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
| [[Eva Mendes]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Excellence in Make-Up in Television and Film
| Ken Diaz and Jay Wejebe
| {{won}}
|-
| [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards]]
| 
| Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture
| "[[Number 1 (Nelly song)|#1]]" – [[Nelly]] and Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Awards Circuit Community Awards
| rowspan="2"| 
| Best Actor in a Leading Role
| Denzel Washington
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
| Ethan Hawke
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BET Awards 2002|BET Awards]]
| June 25, 2002
| [[BET Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Denzel Washington {{small|(also for ''[[John Q.]]'')}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[Black Reel Awards of 2002|Black Reel Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blackreelawards.com/past-winners/ |title=Black Reel Awards Past Winners |website=[[Black Reel Awards]] |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=February 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226112208/http://blackreelawards.com/past-winners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rowspan="6"| April 21, 2002
| colspan="2"| [[Black Reel Award for Outstanding Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director|Best Director]]
| [[Antoine Fuqua]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Black Reel Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Denzel Washington
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Black Reel Award for Outstanding Film Poster|Best Film Poster]]
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Soundtrack|Best Original Soundtrack]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| "#1" – Nelly
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BMI Film & TV Awards]]
| 
| Film Music Award
| [[Mark Mancina]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2001|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-2000s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 2000s |website=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| December 16, 2001
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="3"| Denzel Washington
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]] for ''[[L.I.E. (film)|L.I.E.]]''.}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2001|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
| February 25, 2002
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2001|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| January 3, 2002
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra
| rowspan="2"| 
| Best Male Voice (Film Award)
| rowspan="2"| [[Francesco Pannofino]] {{small|(for dubbing Denzel Washington)}}
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Male Voice (Audience Award)
| {{won}}
|-
| [[59th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/training-day |title=Training Day – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|2002}}}}</ref>
| January 20, 2002
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| rowspan="6"| Denzel Washington
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[JoBlo.com#Golden Schmoes Awards|Golden Schmoes Awards]]
|
| Best Actor of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-2000-09/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 2000-09 |website=kcfcc.org |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|
| Best Actor
| {{won}}
|-
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lvfcs.org/sierra-award-winners.html |title=Las Vegas Film Critics Society (Previous Sierra Award Winners) |website=lvfcs.org |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|
| Best Actor
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[2001 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/2001.php |title=The Annual 27th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|December 15, 2001
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[2002 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/06-02-mtv.htm|title=Pop stars claim victories at MTV Movie Awards|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[CNN]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=June 2, 2002|access-date=September 2, 2015|archive-date=March 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316230418/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/06-02-mtv.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rowspan="3"| June 1, 2002
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Villain|Best Villain]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Line
| "King Kong ain't got nothin' on me!"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Cameo|Best Cameo]]
| [[Snoop Dogg]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[2002 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]]
| August 29, 2002
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film|Best Video from a Film]]
| "#1" – Nelly
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[NAACP Image Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| March 3, 2002
| colspan="2"| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture|Outstanding Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture]]
| rowspan="6"| Denzel Washington
| {{won}}
|-
| [[2001 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| January 4, 2002
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| [[2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/nyfccas?year=2001 |title=2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| January 6, 2002
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2001|Online Film Critics Society Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ofcs.org/awards/2001-awards-5th-annual/ |title=The Annual 5th Online Film Critics Society Awards |website=[[Online Film Critics Society]] |date=January 3, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
| January 2, 2002
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[6th Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2002/ |title=2002 Satellite Awards |website=[[Satellite Awards]] |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
| January 19, 2002
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[8th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/8th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|work=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|access-date=May 21, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101205428/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/8th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| March 10, 2002
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| Ethan Hawke
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Taurus World Stunt Awards#2002|Taurus World Stunt Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2002 Winners & Nominees |date=May 2002 |website=[[Taurus World Stunt Awards]] |url=https://www.taurusworldstuntawards.com/awards/winners-and-nominees-2022/ |access-date=2023-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509045715/https://www.taurusworldstuntawards.com/awards/winners-nominees/ |archive-date=2021-05-09 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| May 2002
| Best Work with a Vehicle
| Brian Machleit and Robert Powell
| {{nom}}
|}
 
In June 2003, the [[American Film Institute]] named Alonzo Harris the 50th greatest screen villain of all time in its list ''[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]]''.<ref name="American Film Institute">{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/100years/handv.aspx|title=AFI's 100 GREATEST HEROES & VILLAINS|work=[[American Film Institute]]|access-date=September 2, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082823/http://www.afi.com/100Years/handv.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Related projects==
===TV series adaptation===
{{main|Training Day (TV series)}}
On August 7, 2015, it was announced that [[Antoine Fuqua]] had decided to develop a [[Training Day (TV series)|television series based on the movie]], and had teamed with [[Jerry Bruckheimer]] to develop the concept. [[Warner Bros. Television]] was shopping the show to the American broadcast networks. [[Will Beall]] would write the series, while Fuqua would serve as executive producer, and would direct the potential pilot.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title='Training Day' TV Series From Antoine Fuqua & Jerry Bruckheimer Eyed By Nets|url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/training-day-tv-series-antoine-fuqua-jerry-bruckheimer-1201494056/|access-date=August 8, 2015|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 7, 2015|archive-date=August 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808001619/http://deadline.com/2015/08/training-day-tv-series-antoine-fuqua-jerry-bruckheimer-1201494056/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[CBS]] ordered a pilot on August 14, 2015. In addition to Fuqua, Bruckheimer, Beall, and [[Jonathan Littman]] will serve as executive producers for the series, which is set 15 years after the original film.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Melrose|first1=Kevin|title='Training Day' TV Series Finds a Home at CBS|url=https://www.cbr.com/training-day-tv-series-finds-a-home-at-cbs/|access-date=June 10, 2020|work=CBR|date=August 14, 2015|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610183348/https://www.cbr.com/training-day-tv-series-finds-a-home-at-cbs/|url-status=live}}</ref>  In May 2016, CBS picked up the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/training-day-bull-macgyver-the-great-indoors-matt-leblanc-jason-katims-cbs-series-1201755376/|title='Training Day', 'Bull', 'MacGyver', 'The Great Indoors', Matt LeBlanc Comedy & Jason Katims Drama Picked Up By CBS|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=May 13, 2016|access-date=May 13, 2016|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327123108/https://deadline.com/2016/05/training-day-bull-macgyver-the-great-indoors-matt-leblanc-jason-katims-cbs-series-1201755376/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[Training Day (TV series)|CBS television series]] Alonzo is mentioned by Deputy Chief Joy Lockhart when briefing Officer Kyle Craig on sending him undercover at LAPD's Special Investigation Section to investigate Detective Frank Roarke. Frank briefly mentions Alonzo at the end of the first season. The series, starring [[Bill Paxton]] and [[Justin Cornwell]], premiered on February 2, 2017, with a 13-episode run as a [[mid-season replacement]].

Filming for the first season had been completed in December 2016, so the run was not affected by Paxton's death on February 25, 2017, two days after the fourth episode aired.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Paxton Had Completed Order For CBS' 'Training Day' Before His Death |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=2017-02-26 |url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/bill-paxton-death-training-day-cbs-season-1-renewal-1202000300/ |access-date=2023-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626214653/https://deadline.com/2017/02/bill-paxton-death-training-day-cbs-season-1-renewal-1202000300/ |archive-date=2023-06-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> The lowest rated drama series on CBS that season, it was canceled on May 17, 2017, the same week the season finale aired.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Training Day'', ''Ransom'' Cancelled at CBS |first=Matt Webb |last=Mitovich |website=[[TVLine]] |date=2017-05-17 |url=http://tvline.com/2017/05/17/training-day-cancelled-cbs/ |access-date=2023-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527005519/http://tvline.com/2017/05/17/training-day-cancelled-cbs/ |archive-date=2022-05-27 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Prequel===
In October 2019, it was reported that Warner Bros. was developing a prequel to ''Training Day''. The prequel follows a young Alonzo Harris in late April 1992, two days before the verdict of the [[Rodney King]] trial and the associated [[1992 Los Angeles riots|L.A. riots]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/training-day-prequel-warner-bros/|title=Exclusive: 'Training Day' Prequel in the Works at Warner Bros.|author-first1=Jeff |author-last1=Sneider|date=October 10, 2019|work=Collider|access-date=13 May 2025|archive-date=7 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207222705/https://collider.com/training-day-prequel-warner-bros/|url-status=live}}</ref> The prequel, named ''Training Day: Day of the Riot'', was set to start production in California in February 2022, but as of November 2024, the film appears to be still in development.<ref>{{Cite web |last=N'Duka |first=Amanda |date=2019-10-10 |title='Training Day' Prequel In Development At Warner Bros. |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/warner---training-day-prequel-1202757314/ |access-date=2020-10-08 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225063533/https://deadline.com/2019/10/warner---training-day-prequel-1202757314/ |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Denzel Washington on screen and stage]]
* [[List of hood films]]
* [[Crown Vic (2019 film)|''Crown Vic'' (2019 film)]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title}}
* {{IMFDB title|Training_Day_(2001)}}

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{{David Ayer}}
{{Black Reel Award for Outstanding Film}}

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