TRAINING DAY RETRO REVIEW | THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED | Double Toasted 

Craziest part is Denzel was in his late 40’s when he filmed this 😂😂. Dawg really take baths in the fountain of youth💀

I love that the entire movie takes place within a 24 hour window. Some of the most memorable movies all take place within a one day time frame (House Party, Twelve Angry Men, Ferris Buellers Day Out, Do the Right Thing, Friday, and Training Day to name a few)

I actually got a job by qouting Alonzo at an interview. It was a busser job at abuelos and the manager asked me why he should hire me instead of other applicants, I replied "They build dish rooms because of me. Dishwashers have processed over 30 thousand metric tons of glass and ceramics based upon my table cleanings"

Apparently the director was going to leave the ending open, as to whether Alonzo survived or not. But Denzel was actually the one who wanted him to be killed, that’s why you got that scene of Alonzo getting shot.

Back in the day we called this movie "Denzel" "What y'all watching over there?" "We watching DENZEL"

That whole movie was basically based off manipulation, the whole day he tested the waters of this guy to see if he could turn a good cop bad, and every move he made was calculated only to get the money he needed he didn’t gaf about anything or anybody else

Nah I'm pretty sure it only takes 1 viewing to realize Denzel is evil in this lmao

“Your’re in the office baby...”

First thing Alonzo asks Hoyt in the beginning of the movie when they're speaking on the phone is if Hoyt has an ankle gun. Right from the start he's figuring things out

I think Alonzo was sizing Jake up when he was watching him fight those drug addicts. He was probably planning things out and preparing just in case he has to fight Jake.

Training day is a movie you really gotta watch more than once to see how Denzel really planned the whole day

A coldness resonated in my chest when you said that this movie came out in 2001 and it's 2021. Oh God.

I’ll be honest, feels like I’ve seen the film a hundred times and I never put it together that Roger was Alonzo’s CO that showed him the ropes. Can tell Korey’s quite the fan, his love for the film is infectious, makes me wanna watch it again.

This film is one of Denzel's amazing performances. He plays Alonzo in a way that you love to hate him.

My Favorite quote is when he said " The Shit's chess not checkers " and when he said " I Played his ass that's my job that's your Job " !

I think Training Day was the only movie I ever finished watching and immediately wanted to watch again.

I thought at the end, after he gets shot, that in his hand is a key and he is trying to crawl to the trunk to unlock it to convince them he has the money in a false hope they will spare him. I don't think its a knife but I may be wrong, thats just how I always took it.

Denzels brilliance is on full display here, even though we saw his power in Glory and Malcolm X.

The scene with 'the wise men' we see Alonso acting like Jake at Rogers house, it shows the tiers of corruption.

Training Day is an all-time classic. One of the best cop thrillers of all-time and still Denzel Washington's best performance.

I watched it over 50 times and just realized that when Alonzo in his dying breath tried to open the trunk of his car, thinking the money was still there.

Denzel needs to do this type of role again. Kinda bored of him playing "innocent old man with a secret badass identitity"

Korey skipped the part when denzel talks to his higher ups & they pretty much tell him you fucked up.😁 One of my favorites scenes cause they sugar-coated first with a story then they're like you really fucked up. I think denzel kind of knew he was dead already.

Fun fact: idk if it was a deleted scene. But Alonzo was talking to Jake about his rookie days and he (Alonzo) shows a picture of him as a younger cop; that picture was Denzel in a previous movie called, 'Richochet'.

Denzel as Alonzo is just so Likable I end up rooting for him as the villain

Denzel is such a good actor, the intentions in his eyes change in times of desperation. You could see in his eyes when he wanted that money back, it was subtle breaking and internal panic. Also, when he's in the car talking about, "I used to be like you" speech, it's an exposed layer as though Antoine Fuqua gave him context that the audience doesn't get to know about in the movie. There has to be a trigger event in Alonzo's career that made him take a drastic turn to be a real POS. He seemed passionate about killing Roger because he sold drugs, but in the scene, yes he needed money, but there's a small connection to him personally on the bad Roger has done. To my knowledge, I don't think Alonzo touched drugs the entire movie as far as dealing with it to profit from, I could be wrong. All my observations, just my opinions. I just rewatched this with my boyfriend, who is obsessed with this movie, to the point he can clap that bird scene, on beat, in the right syncopation lol. I dig it after watching it again, I really appreciate Denzel's acting, it is legendary.

This the performance that got the younger generation of women really looking at him different

When Alonzo talks about Jake, Roger tells Alonzo that Alonzo was just as green when they met years ago. Roger was the puppet master.

I love the point you make about this movie. Denzel was so damn convincing. Up until the end, I thought he was going to reveal that the whole thing was a Willy Wonka type test for Jake and they'd go fly off together in the Alonzovator... LMAO great review 👍👍👍

Collateral starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, and Jada Pinkett, was also very good. Tom Cruise played a bad guy in it.

Cory talks about Training Day like I do with Aliens.

I don't think I've ever seen a more detailed and accurate analysis of a movie script. Great job Double Toasted.

I never noticed the similarities between Alonso and Roger before you just pointed it out. It's so obvious now, they even have the same haircut and the same ear piercing.

Because of your retro review I watched it last night on HBOMAX!! Is is my number 1 Denzel movie. "Nothing's Free In This World, Jake. Not Even Arrest Warrants.", “WHAT A DAY” you can spit quotes all day with this movie. CLASSIC!!!

I’ve always wondered if Alonzo was planning on setting Hoyt up to be killed from the start or if he was actually planning on putting him on his team if he accepted the money. I never figured that out.

Fanstastic film! I agree that it was the raid on Roger's house where Alonzo decided to have Jake killed. Jake clearly wasn't with the program and had dirt on all those cops, so he had to go. Up until then, I'm pretty sure Alonzo was just grooming Jake to be a member of the squad.

I run shit here!!!! You just live here!!!!!

It's a perfect movie. SO many layers. Now that I realized ROger was ALonzo's training officer -- it makes his death a lot darker. Also, I'm shocked it's just 73% in Rotten Tomatoes. I assumed this film would have been 98%. It's so rewatchable.

Here's one very small detail for you Korey. After the diner scene when Alonzo is talking serious with Jake, you can see Jake trying to be comfortable by relating to him so he points to the female cops riding bicycles besides them cause he remembered Alonzo talking about hot chicks and cops in the diner. Was only there for a second but you'll see it

I remember Tavis Smiley having an issue with Denzel winning a Best Actor Oscar for playing an evil character in Training Day. That's how good of an actor Denzel is. Some people forget it's called ACTING.

I wrote a small paper on this movie, almost breaking it down scene by scene. I'd love to send it to you Korey!

I loved Training Day because of it's awesome "thriller filled" plot but I hated Training Day because I absolutely hate seeing Denzel get terminated in the end ....I have to keep reminding myself that that it Alonzo being executed not Denzel. One of my all time favorites.

One thing that I believe a lot of people miss in this film is that Alonzo believes that this day is his last one alive. His plan to save himself always involved using Jake as a patsy. Why else would he allow the training day to happen on the most important day of his life if not for using him as a pawn? The plan to kill him evolved as the day grew due to Jakes’s convictions, but he was always going to use him to save himself. The plan always involved killing and ripping off Rodger. He knew the money was there as they spoke regularly. He was not certain that the Russians would keep their side of the deal and that’s why he visited the mistress and his son. He appeared to be saying his goodbyes to them. He wasn’t thinking about tomorrow. He wasn’t looking to recruit Jake. He was studying Jake all day long to judge how to use him. In the end he couldn’t control him and therefore arranged the hit. Every move was about getting that money to pay off his blood debt to the Russians, which he would have succeeded in doing if it wasn’t for Jake’s tenacity in that alley with the junkies. It was a very good plan that came unstuck due to bad luck with his only variable - Jake’s moral compass. Had Jake not kept that wallet, Alonzo likely wins. Brilliant writing, direction, cinematography and acting.

KING KONG AINT GOT SHIT ON ME!!!

It’s relatable because at a core level, we’ve all been put in positions where we get manipulated by someone who has more power than us. If you’ve ever worked for a power hungry manager, you know how it is.

The nice thing about the phone scene with Smiley: the signal that comes in is the same double-beep signal that Alonso uses with his people to set the hit on Roger in motion.

It's called TRAINING day for a reason. Jake almost passed the test. He had the raw make up, but his moral character was too high. Robert trained Alonzo with the same protocol. Robert even joked how wet behind the ears Alonzo was at first. I think Alonzo was testing him for the team and Jake "failed".

Alonzo was 1000% considering jake as a real asset when he saw him beat up the two crackheads. That is straight from the director

Perhaps craziest part of this movie is that its not completely fiction. Alonzo's character is based straight on Officer Rafael Perez from the LAPD Rampart scandal of the 90s; who was also implicated as being involved in the murder of Tupac and Biggie. Note that other Death Row artists Snoop and Dre have parts in this film. Perez supposedly put a dealer in a wheelchair (ala Snoops character). Even the license plate number on Alonzo's Chevy is a shout out to Perez.

My favorite line from the whole movie is *"IM SURGICAL WITH THIS BITCH, JAKE."* When he was reloading that 12 😂😂😂

first time watching the bathtub scene, I was slack-jawed, wide-eyed, and couldn't breathe.

One of my favorite lines from Alonzo is when he references Jake by saying " he's got the heart that got the drop on all you fools".

Watched it for the first time on Netflix. In my opinion, what makes Training Day so great is essentially the audience is Hoyt. This experience with Alonzo is as new to him as it is to the viewer and Hoyt (the viewer) is merely reacting to the choices and situations Denzel’s character puts in front of him.

Alonzo said it himself, "I've been planning this all week." Jake was expendable.

Having just watched it for the first time, I can say that Ethan Hawk played one of my favorite cops in film. Right next to Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive and Jake Gyllenhaal in Prisoners. Even after all the doubt and disgust he faced in that one day, Hoyt never broke and still had belief in his job. Some may call him naive, but at the end of the day, he was let go while Denzel... Wasn't.

Can’t believe it’s 20 years old

So glad to hear you finally get around to talking about this film again. It’s probably my favorite movie of all time just behind Jurassic Park and Shawshank Redemption. I’ve picked up on most of these intricacies, and have never understood why it gets some of the criticism, albeit very little criticism that it gets. I personally think Alonzo planned to recruit Jake but by the time they reached Roger’s crib to steal the money, he planned to pin it on him and when Jake refused to take part in it, that’s when he planned to kill him for sure. He told him he would hold his money to ease his other crew, probably because he wanted to kill Jake so he had control of the situation and not one of his crew or Dr Dre kill him randomly and cause more of a problem to clean up in the house.

The coincidence never bothered me however you guys explanation makes me realize it never was a coincidence. Makes the movie even greater

"Training Day" is one of those movies for me whenever I see it playing on TV, I instantly get hooked.

This is chess, this ain't checkers.. I've been using that line since seeing this movie

I liked this film so much, I bought the DVD years ago. It's like a PSA warning, what looks good on the outside could be completely chaotic on the inside.

Many don't know that Denzel's character Alonzo Harris was based on Rampart officer Raphel Perez's life they even confirmed this in the movie.....Here's a hint.....go look at Alonzo's license plate on his car and come back to this comment when you have it ;-) another piece of the puzzle

The call that Roger got while he was talking to Alonzo was from the Wise Men. He told them that they were going to have to fix their own problem (kill Alonzo). He was showing loyalty while Alonzo was plotting to take him out later.

I've seen this movie 20 times, but you guys still managed to show me things I missed. Great video!

This film tricked me also. I spent most of it thinking that Denzels character was the mentor character, and at the end it would turn out that everything he was doing was in the right and Ethan Hawkes character would learn from him. But no, he's a corrupt cop and gets what's coming to him.

When Alonzo gets killed Korey said he pulled out a knife but wasn't that the key to the trunk?

Yea i've seen Training Day 1,000 times. and I regularly listen / watch it while working. It is extremely rewatchable

12:06 35:41 I always thought what he said to her on the phone. 40:15 My favorite quote" I walk a higher path son and I can give you the keys to all the doors"

No one missed Alonzo being a villain.

A lot of these nuisances you point out are very noticable. But there was 2 things about Training Day that were cool to me. 1. Scott Glenn who played Roger, was the lead in the original Man on Fire (1987) before Denzel did the remake from 2004. 2. The alternate ending when Jake gets home, speaks with the "Wise Men" from earlier in the movie and you must watch the whole scene to the very end.

"You have to control your smiles and cries. Because that's all you have and nobody can take that away from you." ~ White Boy[2001]

Alonzo had keys in his hand when he was crawling out of his car at the end. Not a knife. He was trying to get to the trunk to show them the money.

Korey and Mia are so in tune with this movie, Martin feels like the third wheel😂😂

I appreciate you all breaking this down. I have a new appreciation for it now.

It"s crazy to think this movie came out in 2001. Still have memories watching it when I was a kid. I say this a lot but Training Day is timeless film.

"Harsh Times" is an indirect sequel to "Training Day" , Christian Bales auditioned for Hoyt before Hawk got the part. David Ayer promised Bale the part of Jim if the movie (harsh Times) ever got made. Also Letty the girl in the alley was in "Harsh Times" same actress,same character. Shared universe.

At the end of training day that's not a knife in Alonzo's hands that's the keys to the trunk of the car he trying to get to the money to pay them off so they won't kill him.

I'm glad y'all did this retro movie review. I saw this when I was 14 back in 2001 and I didn't get it but I'm glad y'all explain it a lot.

Hahahahaha! I laughed really hard; you guys are so funny and provide great analysis. I’m a new subscriber by way of the Bamboozled review.

So pumped for this! Been waiting for you guys to review this movie with how much y'all reference it!

Roger never sleeps to many enemies.

The movie was based on the the Rampart scandal. Officer Ray Perez. Even his license plate on his car was ORP with his date of birth of officer Perez lol

I was a kid when i first watched training day, but as an adult seeing dre and snoop was neat. But when you comprehend the police corruption it twists all of what you ever knew 180

Hands down one of my favorite film characters. "Poop-Butt-Ass Ni**a" "All jelly, no toast". Great review!

“ that’s amazing that you could be out with a fine bitch for over a year and the most entertaining story you can tell me is a drunk stop” 😂 love that scene

Also: Jake saving Smileys cousin was probably THE only detail Alonzo missed that went against his plan.. and even then, Lonzo probably knew of her, and that’s why he tried dismissing her so quickly “we don’t need a report” And “I been planning this all week”? Up to that point, that makes total sense, but I don’t think Jake is a marked man until AFTER Rogers death “make sure that bathtubs clean” Edit: I just got to the point in the vid where you said my point about Lonzo saying “jake is out”… Jake knows entirely too much at that point

10 year old me,after watching training day: “ King Kong ain’t got no s$?t on me!” Mom: “ u think ur King Kong? U got 5 seconds to find a building to climb!”

Man on Fire was a remake. Scott Glenn was star of the original. What a clever casting choice.

That black 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo that he was driving around was badass

I watch this every time it comes on and I never get tired of it, it’s always like I’m watching it for the first time

33:44 "A Los Angeles Police Department narotics officer, was killed today by his wife and infant child. Shit gets deeper."

Alonzo was always gonna use Jake as a patsy.He wanted him to shoot Roger to frame him for the murder .He was still gonna frame him whether he shot Roger or not.He wanted him to take the money.

I really enjoyed your analysis, I’ve watched this over 100 times.. it never gets old

love training day, no idea how i found this channel. but liked and subbed! hello from Ontario Canada

Before this movie, I thought all Hispanic people were like Menudo or friendly like on sesame street or something. By the end of the film I was scared of Ricky Martin.

I wonder if Jake Hoyt keeps the money at the end movie. He has PCP in his system and 5 cops that will deny everything he says. The "wise men" are also still out there.

Man big ups to yall on this podcast , tall even had me saying hmmmmmm to parts of the scene and i can qoute every scene

Wow thank u double toasted, it’s 2021 and I’m just learning a few new things, most I already know, holy shit! This film still relevant today

roger was the cop who corrupted alonzo, the same way alonzo is testing jake. when alonzo says his little catch phrase "boom!" roger says it just like him and at the same tempo. alonzo LEARNED THAT from roger, he adapted some of roger's personality. roger made tons of money because the 'wise guys' let him do it, he was useful to the upper echelon of corruption, the same way years later alonzo is trying to get their bless, by surpassing his mentor (roger), in all ways possible, even serving as the wiseguys wicked pawn to erase roger himself from the "game" (dirty money).

Great review and conversation. Y’all pointed out things I never realized. I need to watch this movie again.