Alonzo is basically establishing himself as a dominant superior; Alonzo is manipulating Jake from the start. This is manipulation 101: it's the same kind of good-cop bad-cop tactics that an officer will use while interrogating suspects. First the abuser establishes a kind demeanor towards the victim, making the victim feel confident. Then the abuser makes the victim uncomfortable by displaying an escalating irritation with the victim's usually harmless behavior. The victim has experienced how kind the abuser can be, and they've become accustomed to that feeling, so when it's taken away from them, it feels like they've lost respect, and they keep seeking to get that approval back, immediately putting the abuser in the dominant position. It's actually also what Terence Fletcher does to Andrew Neiman in Whiplash. Alonzo offers Jake free food, to let Jake get a sense of how nicely Alonzo can treat him. Then by the end, Alonzo makes Jake pay the bill to send a signal to Jake that he's disappointed, and the message is that if you disappoint Alonzo, he mistreats you. Jake is being trained to obey Alonzo like an animal is trained to obey its owner. It's the same behavioralist training methods, except in one case, the reward is animal treats, and in the other case, the reward is approval. I guess that's one more reason why this movie is aptly titled Training Day. In the screenplay for Training Day, it was initially planned for Alonzo to pay the bill. Making Jake pay the bill is literally something Denzel Washington must have ad-libbed and Antoine Fuqua was smart enough to let him call the shots on the character for this scene.
As a guy who has been in Alonzo's place of being interrupted while wanting to do something other than listen to someone else talk countless times I can say that the only story I would want to hear is Hoyt leaving.
@@GangstaStan010 well its easy to say that but which scenes of Ethan hawk stood out most to you if any. Denzel over shadowed him to the point that anybody could of played that role and it would of still been a great movie
"King Kong aint got shit on me" Is the only reason i hate to agree with you. He's done arguably better movies....but this movie reeks on denzel quotables.
The test was to see if Jake can think on his feet and handle undercover. See when Jake is reluctant to talk about his female training officer (traffic stop story arresting a person with several loaded weapons to murder his crime partner before court) and Alonzo has him pay the bill, it's quick decisions needed on the field of work
SuperHkang its not an opinion he won an oscar for it and is one of the greatest actors ever. Study all u want. Nothing to do with making it. Check denzils story
I like how he makes him tell the story, purposefully derails it with constant interjections, and then is totally unimpressed with it. Totally a representation of Alonzo having all the power and psyching Jake out, which makes Jake’s growth into a confident officer who stands up to him all the more satisfying
@@dwl3006 Why bother? You know you'll never succeed. You'll just regurgitate storylines, premises, and characters, that have already been done to death. No originality from you. I can already tell, simply from your lame attempt at soliciting inspiration from the RUclips comment section. Stop. Now. Find a job.
@@brophpieceWell first of all, I am not soliciting inspiration, I am soliciting where you obtain scripts. Secondly, you are a hater. Nobody in history achieved anything great by listening to petty voices like yours that are really a projection of your own limitations and inferiority complex than a description of anyone else's. Thirdly, why don't you tell it to the other guy who asked for the same exact thing? He is a bastion of originality and creativity? Fourthly, if you knew anything about history, all of the great playwrights and screen writers start by studying previous generation's of scripts. For example Shakespeare studied Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, and so forth. By your cracked logic Shakespeare's Hamlet was a regurgitation of Sophocle's Oedipus or Ajax. Lastly, if what I did was done before, I wouldn't be doing it. Not as if that stopped the current generation of screenwriters from doing well- all they do is regurgitate other plots with no additional content or value. I bet you enjoyed garbage like John Wick. Why bother? Well, now to prove haters like you wrong. Congratulations on being my first hater, now I won't die without proving you wrong.
Seen a kinda remake of this about a week ago this young man trying impress this cop he's talking loud about how many pushups he can do but sorta entertainment but not entertainment he beat the older veteran that day younger folks sometimes sqeek by but I'm curious how the other six days I found that interesting he somehow in the worst way won or lost however u see it
Well, if this were 80 years ago I might be able to tell you. But as for today full of technology and such....I don't believe Mr. Clemens ever gave out that information.
@@masterofight1319that was just the climax. Lots of other scenes won him the Oscar. Like the alley scene with the two junkies for one. The intersection making Jake smoke pcp
He made Jake tell him a story, then downplayed it like it was nothing then insulted him by saying he should’ve cheated on his wife, then makes him pay for his food 😂 Alonzo offered to buy Jake food and he declined so Alonzo made Jake pay his bill 😂 Jake was such a beta male but he gonna learn
Jake only allowed himself to be exploited because he wanted to be part of Alonzo's task force. Then he met them and realized they were far worse than those they were going after. The alternate ending of TD is much better, where the 3 wisemen stalk Jake home and he basically tells them to "fuchk off" because they want to know what he is going to do next and he plans on turning in the stolen drug money from Roger as evidence.
"Y'know what, I'll get something to eat-" "Oh hell no you won't, you f**ked that up!" That exchange makes me laugh every time. Denzel gave such a great performance in this movie.
If you really pay attention, Alonso is not even reading the paper. He is creating tension as Jake just has to sit there quiet doing nothing, and obviously can't last more than 10 secs.
The acting here was spot on! A rookie cop telling a story to a senior detective and just watching Denzel facial impressions whist listening to “a story” is A classic acting
Ethan doesn't get enough credit here but he's amazing too in this scene. Especially trying to portray his awkwardness of keeping quiet. Just the 10 seconds from 1:05 is so hard to watch Jake, but Ethan pulls it off so well.
It aids in opening to both personalities and what they represent in frequency ends. Hoyt's eager and perseverance to reveal his proper conduct as a cop of good. While Alonzo's demonstrate everything in opposite, hence his interest in story to the female officer oppose to Hoyt's eye in spotting a criminal.
Men, if another man ever disrespects you like this, no matter who it is, no matter where you are in life and how hard you are trying to make it, don't say a word, just get up and walk out the door and don't look back.
It was a test. Can the guy appreciate his place in the pecking order? Can he follow orders? The kids too green to grasp that. The correct response would have been to shut the heck up and sit there in patient silence staring at the front of that newspaper. For as long as it took.
Man the amount of symbolism in this scene is crazy. Sets the tone for the whole movie. First of Denzel has his jacket hanging at the end of the booth with a full cup of coffee. Ethan still has on his hoodie with empty cup of coffee by him. His back is facing the main door. So he is at the mercy of Denzel and has no power in this environment. Speaking of the main door Quality Cafe is written on both sides of the window. Except on the right window it has 'breakfast' listed on the window. Denzel ate breakfast already. However, it is Ethan that pays the bill and he didn't even eat anything.
This is still one of the best movies I have ever seen and denzel is the best actor his performance is impressive. A fantastic actor. The Equalizer is awesome too
I always feel sorry for Ethan in this scene the dude looks so innocent feels like he was even naturally intimidated by the fact that Denzel is the one in front of him
As good as Denzel Washington was, Ethan Hawke made this great movie. He had just the right amount of "rookie cop" and street smarts. A genuine desire to better the city of L.A..
americanlt100 agreed he was great, and a badass in the movie. He wasn’t gonna be pushed around too much, he turned the shotgun around on denzel and knocked down that Paul guy right after with a nice punch
And this is why 1) Washington is king as we all already know 2) why I watch all Hawke's movies now regardless of plot. Hawke approached the role with respect for Washington - you can tell despite the acting. They also collaborated on Eight, another great film!
Disregard my previous comment. The film they collaborated on though was the magnificent seven right ? Not the hateful eight starring Samuel L Jackson. he gets mistaken for the wrong black guy yet again hahaaa
It's mad how well written this movie was. Even from the first second Alonso is testing him. Can you be comfortable sitting there in silence. First test... failed.
Right off the bat you see the contrast between them and how they view their jobs. Jake’s story is one of a straight cop who takes pride in his work by doing the right thing and staying faithful to his wife. Alonzo doesn’t wanna believe it because the way he does his job in the world he occupies is much more deceitful. Way to kick off the first encounter of these two very different characters.
Denzel is fucking good 3:09 that neck roll to show he’s more interested in jakes story is phenomenal it’s like he’s not even acting like he’s in the moment. If I was in that scene I wouldn’t of thought of that probably would’ve just self my line I truly feel he improvised that subconsciously tho. Hell of actor
Incredible movie... I always wanted to believe "Brooklyn's Finest" was the follow up to Training Day. They should have lined it up that way. Where Jake decides to see things Alonzo's way after getting in to deep undercover.
With every line that I’ve now seared into my brain with memory of dictation attitude and emotion can recite at any point anywhere, I find myself smiling and getting happier and happier with every line
Normal person: “pay the bill” Denzel Washington: “tell me a story. Oh you don’t have one? Let me tell you a story then....” 3 minutes later.... “Pay the bill”
After all this years I do have the same pleasure to watch this scene over and over . This was a pure acting from the to actors 👏🏻 but still Denzel washington is a phenomenal master 🙌🏼
I just realized that Alonzo mimicked a shotgun going off and it scared Jake and then later on they shoot Roger with one..... Funny how you find little things years after watching a movie
Dr kevorkian nah I don’t think I’am lol I mean Alonzo proved to be one step ahead of everyone in this movie. The only time he doesn’t outsmart someone is whenever Jake takes the money at the end. But the shotgun thing? I cannot allow myself to say it’s a coincidence when Alonzo even says “I’ve been planning it all week son!” So he knew exactly what he was doing when he made that small reference there. Seriously go back and see how many little things you can find, it’s crazy
psychoclownboy at least someone else sees my ENTIRE point. These people say I’m reaching? Yet all these little things are picked up on. That’s what I’ve been trying to say this whole time tho, Alonzo was smart from the jump and like I said the only thing he didn’t know was gonna happen was Jake randomly saving a girl from gettin raped/killed from 2 crack heads who turned out to be Smileys cousin. That there saved Jake because he was able to walk away and take Alonzo’s money.
I hate when ppl try to put lil bullshit in a book or movie up like it was a precursor. Look an ant died. Omg.. someone is gonna die later in life. Surprise, everyone dies.
"It was a real quiet night" "BOOM" 1000% accurate. I remember being on ECP guard my first tour, bored to death and just happened to notice there was NO local nationals on ECP road. NONE. About a split second later a PKM opened up on us, I about shit my pants. We all opened up, I was on the .M2 .50. Over in seconds. It happens like that, nothing, nothing, nothing, then BOOM!!!!
“Thats amazing that you could be out there with a fine bitch for a year, and the MOST entertaining story that you can come up with to tell me, is a drunk stop” 😂
If I was Jake I would try to read the room better. He started off polite, told him to eat if he wanted a moment. Its AM, Alonzo knows breakfast is the most important meal of the day. He wasn't abrasive until Jake interrupted him while he was clearly trying to read.
This is the comment section , it's 90% bulshit but it's entertaining
Basic055 maybe yours is
Basic055 fucking right😂
That’s why I read it, you won’t let me read it so you entertain me with your bullshit
So as yours🤣🤣
@@CornholioPuppetMaster 😄
Offers him food, makes him pay for his bill afterwards...pure gold
At least he didn’t order for himself he would’ve paid for 2 meals 😂
he has a wife and a dick.....
He was going to make the rookie pay for it either way
Hell no you won’t you Fucked that up 😂gets me all the time
@@justicejakober5506 forgot all about that 😂😂😂
So Alonzo goes from offering to buy Jake breakfast, to rescinding the offer, to telling Jake he's now paying Alonzo's bill. That's savage.
Me on my first date with my wife
Shoulda just let him read his paper
Alonzo is basically establishing himself as a dominant superior; Alonzo is manipulating Jake from the start. This is manipulation 101: it's the same kind of good-cop bad-cop tactics that an officer will use while interrogating suspects.
First the abuser establishes a kind demeanor towards the victim, making the victim feel confident. Then the abuser makes the victim uncomfortable by displaying an escalating irritation with the victim's usually harmless behavior. The victim has experienced how kind the abuser can be, and they've become accustomed to that feeling, so when it's taken away from them, it feels like they've lost respect, and they keep seeking to get that approval back, immediately putting the abuser in the dominant position. It's actually also what Terence Fletcher does to Andrew Neiman in Whiplash.
Alonzo offers Jake free food, to let Jake get a sense of how nicely Alonzo can treat him. Then by the end, Alonzo makes Jake pay the bill to send a signal to Jake that he's disappointed, and the message is that if you disappoint Alonzo, he mistreats you. Jake is being trained to obey Alonzo like an animal is trained to obey its owner. It's the same behavioralist training methods, except in one case, the reward is animal treats, and in the other case, the reward is approval. I guess that's one more reason why this movie is aptly titled Training Day.
In the screenplay for Training Day, it was initially planned for Alonzo to pay the bill. Making Jake pay the bill is literally something Denzel Washington must have ad-libbed and Antoine Fuqua was smart enough to let him call the shots on the character for this scene.
@@IKnowImGayWhenISayThisButthat’s why she’s your wife. Had she declined, she probably wouldn’t be 😂😂😂
For almost 20 years, I’ve been trying to think of a story that would’ve impressed Alonzo in this scene.
😁😁😁
How'd you do?
Bam! Code-X would be an interesting story.
If Debbie was any good he would've been impressed
As a guy who has been in Alonzo's place of being interrupted while wanting to do something other than listen to someone else talk countless times I can say that the only story I would want to hear is Hoyt leaving.
As dope as Denzel is in this film, I dont know that it would have worked without Ethan Hawk, dude was perfect. Their chemistry was impeccable.
True. They played off each other so well.
I honestly think Christian bale would of been great in this movie replacing Ethan Hawk
@@robertjacques688 Nah Christian looks too tough. Ethan has the dopey white boy captain America thing going on. Lol
@@GangstaStan010 well its easy to say that but which scenes of Ethan hawk stood out most to you if any. Denzel over shadowed him to the point that anybody could of played that role and it would of still been a great movie
Should’ve been Matt Damon.
This will forever be Denzel’s best role. It’s like his Scarface.
Better then scarface bro
For me it's a tough choice between this and Man on Fire
"Flight" was pretty good. One of his top roles for me.
"King Kong aint got shit on me"
Is the only reason i hate to agree with you. He's done arguably better movies....but this movie reeks on denzel quotables.
Yea man on fire was pretty good, but badass.. this was his best role. He was a bit more calm in man on fire.
told him no he couldn't get breakfast and made him pay the bill.
izzy H he must be reading TRP forums..
I would've said 'sorry mate I'm nobody's bitch, pay for your own fucking food' but that's me.. I'm fucking gangsta
He initially offered Hoyt breakfast “My dollar” but he refused.
The test was to see if Jake can think on his feet and handle undercover. See when Jake is reluctant to talk about his female training officer (traffic stop story arresting a person with several loaded weapons to murder his crime partner before court) and Alonzo has him pay the bill, it's quick decisions needed on the field of work
Alonzo a bad ass lol
Denzel’s acting here was phenomenal
off the chart
Goro Harumichi98 All throughout the movie. He won the Oscar for a reason.
SuperHkang then u aint got a clue
SuperHkang its not an opinion he won an oscar for it and is one of the greatest actors ever. Study all u want. Nothing to do with making it. Check denzils story
SuperHkang ..yeah conversation over
I like how he makes him tell the story, purposefully derails it with constant interjections, and then is totally unimpressed with it. Totally a representation of Alonzo having all the power and psyching Jake out, which makes Jake’s growth into a confident officer who stands up to him all the more satisfying
good analysis
The trainee had balls to resist such 😮a corrosive influence
Facts. Made the end so much more satisfying
Denzel rocks this scene
Great analysis!
If you read the script you’ll see how great these two are at improvising
@@sebastiaoantuneslambelho8403 I'd also like to know since I need material to study as an aspiring screen writer.
@@dwl3006 Why bother? You know you'll never succeed. You'll just regurgitate storylines, premises, and characters, that have already been done to death. No originality from you. I can already tell, simply from your lame attempt at soliciting inspiration from the RUclips comment section. Stop. Now. Find a job.
@@brophpieceWell first of all, I am not soliciting inspiration, I am soliciting where you obtain scripts.
Secondly, you are a hater. Nobody in history achieved anything great by listening to petty voices like yours that are really a projection of your own limitations and inferiority complex than a description of anyone else's.
Thirdly, why don't you tell it to the other guy who asked for the same exact thing? He is a bastion of originality and creativity?
Fourthly, if you knew anything about history, all of the great playwrights and screen writers start by studying previous generation's of scripts. For example Shakespeare studied Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, and so forth. By your cracked logic Shakespeare's Hamlet was a regurgitation of Sophocle's Oedipus or Ajax.
Lastly, if what I did was done before, I wouldn't be doing it. Not as if that stopped the current generation of screenwriters from doing well- all they do is regurgitate other plots with no additional content or value. I bet you enjoyed garbage like John Wick.
Why bother? Well, now to prove haters like you wrong. Congratulations on being my first hater, now I won't die without proving you wrong.
Seen a kinda remake of this about a week ago this young man trying impress this cop he's talking loud about how many pushups he can do but sorta entertainment but not entertainment he beat the older veteran that day younger folks sometimes sqeek by but I'm curious how the other six days I found that interesting he somehow in the worst way won or lost however u see it
@@dwl3006 it’s available if you look up “training day script.” Many screenplays are available online if you Google search
"If you don't read the paper, you're uninformed. If you do read the paper, you're misinformed". - Mark Twain
So how do we become correctly informed Mr. Twain? Fact check?
Well, if this were 80 years ago I might be able to tell you. But as for today full of technology and such....I don't believe Mr. Clemens ever gave out that information.
@@bunkman64 lol
Funny you put that down, because Denzel quoted that during an interview last year.
Really? Damn, he has a literary mind as well I guess! However, Mr Clemens beat him to it. lol
"A DUI stop. Wow-ho, let me load up my guns! A DUI!? Ho ho, shhhhhhhhhhhhhiiit!!!"
Been looking for this comment
The way he delivers that ironic, pretending to have been impresed 'No Shit' line, as if he is hearing a child's story, gets me every time.
*ironic
@@the_endgame *iconic 🙂
just how many times?
“It’s 90% bullshit, but it’s entertaining” - me, everyday on the internet
Real
Denzel already had the Oscar locked after this scene.
No King Kong scene
@@masterofight1319that was just the climax. Lots of other scenes won him the Oscar. Like the alley scene with the two junkies for one. The intersection making Jake smoke pcp
From the first second Alonzo is playing mindgames with him and using scare tactics. Manipulation school is in session. Great film.
I never ordered anything so I’m not paying the bill.
Yes, because hes testing him from the door to see who he really is. And if he was like him or a threat
He made Jake tell him a story, then downplayed it like it was nothing then insulted him by saying he should’ve cheated on his wife, then makes him pay for his food 😂
Alonzo offered to buy Jake food and he declined so Alonzo made Jake pay his bill 😂 Jake was such a beta male but he gonna learn
Jake only allowed himself to be exploited because he wanted to be part of Alonzo's task force. Then he met them and realized they were far worse than those they were going after.
The alternate ending of TD is much better, where the 3 wisemen stalk Jake home and he basically tells them to "fuchk off" because they want to know what he is going to do next and he plans on turning in the stolen drug money from Roger as evidence.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529nah that was dumb af
When he said how the paper was 90% bullshit that wasn’t Alonzo talking, that was Denzel Washington
"You don't read the news, you're uninformed, you read the news you're misinformed"
knightstormbringer exactly, a partial erection from that reply
clarke griswold life is 99 % bullshit too
Truth Hunter ofcourse it is
back in Alonzo's days it was 90% Fake News. Today it's peaking at 99.9% Very Fake News.
"Y'know what, I'll get something to eat-"
"Oh hell no you won't, you f**ked that up!"
That exchange makes me laugh every time. Denzel gave such a great performance in this movie.
Then makes him pay😂😂
2:38 "Boom! Ahahahaaaa! You never know? That's the point! Go." Dammmmmmmn Denzel.
And what happened at the end of the movie? A quiet night...then...BOOM! Alonzo is dead.
why do you quote it? i just saw the damn clip
That's my favorite part in this scene....
That must have been improvised LOL
Best line😂😂
If you really pay attention, Alonso is not even reading the paper. He is creating tension as Jake just has to sit there quiet doing nothing, and obviously can't last more than 10 secs.
Lost count of how many times I've watched Training Day, such an intense film.
Well you can only count to 12 so i guess 12 times
safe to say i have watched it minimum of 50 times
@@vassol9156 no you haven't
I always get stuck at the Eva Mendez scene .
Me too. Zero.
Reddit is 90% bullshit, but it's entertaining. It's entertaining, that's why I read it
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Later on Jake got promoted to Interpol and went on to track Uri Orlov in Lord of War
Bruce Wayne 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
And later a human turned vampire turned human.
and because of he lost faith in the system after Uri was set free, he became a drunk precinct captain in Assault on Precinct 13
Must have been after he was a vampire turned human?
Then he began stealing money from drug busts and was demoted but had to keep.robbing drug busts to pay off his house in brooklyns finest
ethan hawkes disappointment when he realised his story wasn't good enough... :D
The acting here was spot on! A rookie cop telling a story to a senior detective and just watching Denzel facial impressions whist listening to “a story” is A classic acting
Ethan doesn't get enough credit here but he's amazing too in this scene. Especially trying to portray his awkwardness of keeping quiet. Just the 10 seconds from 1:05 is so hard to watch Jake, but Ethan pulls it off so well.
He deserved a best supporting actor award. He was amazing.
@davsny5 I've never heard of hes films to be honest
Most important part of that whole thing 2:36
"you never know! That's the point..."
Excellent foreshadowing.
I was just about to make the same comment lol this movie was so good i watched it only a million times as a kid lol
I dint get It. Why is this a foreshadowing ?
@@AMichaelFromBrasil Foreshadows the scene where Roger suddenly gets shot with the shotgun.
100%
Neither of them had any idea what was going to happen before the end of that day.
One of the best performance I've ever seen in a movie he definitely earned that Oscar
Almost gave off a Pacino/DeNiro Heat vibe for a second there. 🤣👏
It aids in opening to both personalities and what they represent in frequency ends. Hoyt's eager and perseverance to reveal his proper conduct as a cop of good. While Alonzo's demonstrate everything in opposite, hence his interest in story to the female officer oppose to Hoyt's eye in spotting a criminal.
Jthrillz 728 true.. as stated in the movie, “in order to catch a wolf you have a be a wolf”. Drunk stops won’t help you catch big fish.
True!
This ain’t Philadelphia bro
Yes, that's what teleplay consists of
DUI. Let‘me load up my gun!
Oooooh, sssshhhhitt!!
Anton Kuranov oooooooooooh shiiiiiit 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
Look man I got a wife
Love that part 😂😂😂
The ending of this scene is pure gold! Training Day is one of the best movies I have ever seen, it rocks!
you should see ricochet
Men, if another man ever disrespects you like this, no matter who it is, no matter where you are in life and how hard you are trying to make it, don't say a word, just get up and walk out the door and don't look back.
It was a test. Can the guy appreciate his place in the pecking order? Can he follow orders? The kids too green to grasp that. The correct response would have been to shut the heck up and sit there in patient silence staring at the front of that newspaper. For as long as it took.
This man really had him gamed from the moment he sat down. Kept him off-balamce the entire time, and the kid didn't even notice.
Man, this scene is SO SO classic. You can rewatch it non-stop everyday.
exactly bro I swear
I actually sat and ate at the same table when i visited L.A. back in '06...GOOD MEMORIES!!!...GREAT MOVIE!!!
2016BMWi8 ...what was the name of the place??? lot of diners in LA...
2016BMWi8 ..my bad.. didn't pay attention to the quality diner sign
2016BMWi8 stop lying lol the place was made just for the movie. How I know? Because I was in the cleaning crew
Now that’s a bullshit story...95% bullshit. The only part that’s true is the fact that you eat. Sorry, but gotta call it.
👏👏👏👏👏
Man the amount of symbolism in this scene is crazy. Sets the tone for the whole movie. First of Denzel has his jacket hanging at the end of the booth with a full cup of coffee. Ethan still has on his hoodie with empty cup of coffee by him. His back is facing the main door. So he is at the mercy of Denzel and has no power in this environment. Speaking of the main door Quality Cafe is written on both sides of the window. Except on the right window it has 'breakfast' listed on the window. Denzel ate breakfast already. However, it is Ethan that pays the bill and he didn't even eat anything.
damn you perceptive gg
Denzel Washington is shining in this movie!
Beun007 whole movie amazing acting
Prefer Book of Eli though
This is still one of the best movies I have ever seen and denzel is the best actor his performance is impressive. A fantastic actor. The Equalizer is awesome too
same director
Denzel's performance sparkles like a firecracker in this. This is one of the best films ever made isn't it?
I always feel sorry for Ethan in this scene the dude looks so innocent feels like he was even naturally intimidated by the fact that Denzel is the one in front of him
Sometimes he can be anxious
20 years later Ethan plays a ruthless serial killer! Great actor, one spectrum to the other !
Jake:Im gonn order something to Eat
Alonzo: “o no you wont you fucked that up 💀😂💀😂💀😂💀
Damn Denzel plays an incredibly believable crooked police detective.
353 people didn't pay the bill!😂
That's a good thing you idiot.
Edward Hernandez ikr it would have been clever if you said they did pay the bill lol
I think you meant did paid the bill
the line did she have a lick her license.......
As good as Denzel Washington was, Ethan Hawke made this great movie. He had just the right amount of "rookie cop" and street smarts. A genuine desire to better the city of L.A..
americanlt100 agreed he was great, and a badass in the movie. He wasn’t gonna be pushed around too much, he turned the shotgun around on denzel and knocked down that Paul guy right after with a nice punch
Thats a fair assessment.
Made the movie?? Lmao nah denzil made the entire film
@@jamesboss5405 same thing bro.
his acting was Great in this movie as well..
And this is why 1) Washington is king as we all already know 2) why I watch all Hawke's movies now regardless of plot. Hawke approached the role with respect for Washington - you can tell despite the acting. They also collaborated on Eight, another great film!
you are white, right ?
Disregard my previous comment. The film they collaborated on though was the magnificent seven right ? Not the hateful eight starring Samuel L Jackson. he gets mistaken for the wrong black guy yet again hahaaa
I think actors like Daniel Day Lewis and Gary Oldman are way better than Denzel by far.
Denzel is the best !!!
@@nox5870 thats because u dnt get men like denzel...lol
It's mad how well written this movie was. Even from the first second Alonso is testing him. Can you be comfortable sitting there in silence. First test... failed.
Right off the bat you see the contrast between them and how they view their jobs. Jake’s story is one of a straight cop who takes pride in his work by doing the right thing and staying faithful to his wife. Alonzo doesn’t wanna believe it because the way he does his job in the world he occupies is much more deceitful. Way to kick off the first encounter of these two very different characters.
Alonzo had that whole bit rehearsed before he got to the coffee shop. He obviously wanted to rant about the paper more than read it.
I heard this black cop guy turned his life around and became some kind of Equalizer, helping those that need it most.
After a 100 bullets
2:38 best part! Hahaha! I do that to my kids when they are telling me a story that's going nowhere. 🤣
Man, Denzel did such a great job in this film. I couldn't tell if he was a good guy or a bad guy!
2:19 classic Denzel laugh
Dawg laugh :D
Denzel is fucking good 3:09 that neck roll to show he’s more interested in jakes story is phenomenal it’s like he’s not even acting like he’s in the moment. If I was in that scene I wouldn’t of thought of that probably would’ve just self my line I truly feel he improvised that subconsciously tho. Hell of actor
Just clocked alonzo is reading the Nasdaq exchange page 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You can tell a lot of this breakfast scene is improvised. The actors play off of one another really well in this scene.
Incredible movie... I always wanted to believe "Brooklyn's Finest" was the follow up to Training Day. They should have lined it up that way. Where Jake decides to see things Alonzo's way after getting in to deep undercover.
Cyclonus76 great point
@@pilotclarke7149 If I'm not mistaken, the same director did both movies...
Denzel is by far one of the best actors out there. DiCaprio and Bale are also super talented!
Daniel bruhl.
By far one of the best doesn't make sense
in that order yes
"If you dont read the newspaper you're uninformed, if you read the newspaper your misinformed"-Denzel
With every line that I’ve now seared into my brain with memory of dictation attitude and emotion can recite at any point anywhere, I find myself smiling and getting happier and happier with every line
Denzel looks like a muslim mercenary!
he look muslim more than muslims them self 😂
It's funny because he actually looks like one in the train scene in Equalizer 2
Not with those crosses on he doesn’t lol
@W SMYTHE BATES why did u say tht makes no sense stupid comment
@@crush35 didn’t say he wasn’t religious 😂😂
2:13 denzel's eyes an face expression is great while delivering that line....
Just in case anyone was wondering, the movie is "Training Day" (2001).
Normal person: “pay the bill”
Denzel Washington: “tell me a story. Oh you don’t have one? Let me tell you a story then....”
3 minutes later....
“Pay the bill”
you do have a dick dont u?
I feel like training day is one of those movies you watch once and then carry it with you for the rest of your life
After all this years I do have the same pleasure to watch this scene over and over . This was a pure acting from the to actors 👏🏻 but still Denzel washington is a phenomenal master 🙌🏼
This is one one the best scenes in movie history!!! Just great acting all around!!! Wow!!!
I just realized that Alonzo mimicked a shotgun going off and it scared Jake and then later on they shoot Roger with one..... Funny how you find little things years after watching a movie
Andre Bradbury I think your reaching there a little bit matey
Dr kevorkian nah I don’t think I’am lol I mean Alonzo proved to be one step ahead of everyone in this movie. The only time he doesn’t outsmart someone is whenever Jake takes the money at the end. But the shotgun thing? I cannot allow myself to say it’s a coincidence when Alonzo even says “I’ve been planning it all week son!” So he knew exactly what he was doing when he made that small reference there. Seriously go back and see how many little things you can find, it’s crazy
think you're reaching... the shotgun mimic was a intro to Alonzo as a character
psychoclownboy at least someone else sees my ENTIRE point. These people say I’m reaching? Yet all these little things are picked up on. That’s what I’ve been trying to say this whole time tho, Alonzo was smart from the jump and like I said the only thing he didn’t know was gonna happen was Jake randomly saving a girl from gettin raped/killed from 2 crack heads who turned out to be Smileys cousin. That there saved Jake because he was able to walk away and take Alonzo’s money.
I hate when ppl try to put lil bullshit in a book or movie up like it was a precursor. Look an ant died. Omg.. someone is gonna die later in life. Surprise, everyone dies.
"Lick her license" is one of the greatest puns in movie history. Kudos to David Ayer for writing such an amazing script.
Denzel has the gangster blood in him
He character is basically Bone Sloan and Raquel Perez.
Especially in American Gangster.
He's essentially just a thug with a badge in this film.
he's a RUTHLESS vato
Denzel was a cold one lol 💯
Denzel gave one of the greatest performances of all time in this film. He's right up there with guys like Brando and De Niro.
Not just Denzel, both of them were brilliant actors.
Matter of fact, in this scene, the rookie cop impersonator is harder to pull off
“This is RUclips. It’s 90% bullshit, but it’s entertaining. That’s why I watch it.”
"It was a real quiet night" "BOOM" 1000% accurate. I remember being on ECP guard my first tour, bored to death and just happened to notice there was NO local nationals on ECP road. NONE. About a split second later a PKM opened up on us, I about shit my pants. We all opened up, I was on the .M2 .50. Over in seconds. It happens like that, nothing, nothing, nothing, then BOOM!!!!
Life before smart phones
1:37 Detective Alonzo was trying to warn us about Fake News lol
Pure power play move by Alonzo in this scene.
1:59 - 2:02 dying in tears..."a DUI..HOOOO SHHHHHHHHHIIT"
Lmao!
Adam Khid 😂😂😂😂😂 deff the funniest part on here to me 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Adam Khid Let me load up my guns 😂😂😂😂
Words of wisdom from 1:23 to 1:55 if you ever at a job interview or a social gathering or just trying to chat up a girl 🤣
Peak acting from Denzel here. Great acting.
Idk how this script was written in production or how much was organic from these 2 actors but both actors played off of each other perfectly...
My favorite movie of all time!
Loved this movie!! Licker license?
Was she adyke? A lesiban?
Great line... As well as " boom"
Carries two guns in cross draw holsters. Dirty
Everytime I see someone reading a newspaper I think of this scene lmfao 😭
Denzel too smooth in this scene, especially on the end of it
Denzel's even rocking the reading glasses!
That boom at 3:23 gets me every time 😂
“Thats amazing that you could be out there with a fine bitch for a year, and the MOST entertaining story that you can come up with to tell me, is a drunk stop” 😂
WOW!!! Alonzo's life is on the line, and he's calmly reading a newspaper as if without a care in the world...
This scene was 🔥🔥
The most underrated scene of the movie.
...And that's the story of how Alonzo got a semi-interesting story AND a free meal.
Yeah ese, Alonzo, he's a cold-blooded, ruthless vato,
But i like that, i like that
I use that "Boom" at every job interview.
"Hell no you won’t you fucked that up !!" 😂
If I was Jake I would try to read the room better. He started off polite, told him to eat if he wanted a moment. Its AM, Alonzo knows breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
He wasn't abrasive until Jake interrupted him while he was clearly trying to read.
What is funny is 2:08 i heard David Mack who was a real crooked cop of LAPD, partner of Raphael Perez who inspired all this story.