Training Day Review - Off The Shelf Reviews

[@AarenJable]

"It's not what you know, it's what you can prove"

[@Axeltonn]

Alonso never intended to have Jake as part of his team. He was pre-determined to be the scapegoat before he even started his shift. That's why he forced him to hit the crack pipe, to have leverage over him.

[@humanbass]

A perfect movie. Every scene, every dialogue adds to the plot, no wasted moments.

[@alexjacobsen8487]

5:10 Gary’s explanation about alonso being so “self assured” is absolutely spot on, couldn’t think of a better way to say it. Man, how awesome is Denzel, in anything he’s ever been in omg, leg end

[@rustykuntz94]

The 3 wise men scene is genius. Within seconds of his interactions with them you suddenly see Alonzo is the Jake to these 3 more powerful men. Even Washington’s acting is different in that scene, he’s hesitant and not as cocky as before. Great stuff

[@myronsanders4563]

Best Scene in the Film, imo

[@myronsanders4563]

Also love the Scene where he tells Jake to "Get a Baseball Steak or something" doing that purposely so that he dosent see Alonzo in his moment of weakness

[@s1050]

Tom Berenger from Platoon has like one line but he’s excellent

[@s1050]

Ethan Hawke is also great in Brooklyn’s Finest by the same director. Underrated movie. I absolutely love Training Day, Denzel is awesome.

[@banneddamn]

Heres a tidbit. The gangster that says "im sick of this shit" and later puts the gun on the ground, he was one of the guys suge knight ran over with his truck and killed a few years ago.

[@myronsanders4563]

Wow. Didn't know that

[@JohnBlack2345]

I did not know that. is that one of the reasons SK is doing serious time?

[@JohnBlack2345]

Bone is still alive. Terry Carter, the other person who was hit, was the one that was killed. Bone refused to testify against Knight because he didn't want to be a snitch, but Knight still was convicted.

[@itouchmazter5973]

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST QUOTABLE MOVIES EVER

[@stop5gdotnet574]

agree

[@oldrestless]

Only two quotes

[@SuperFamiKing]

"My Niggaaa!" - Denzel Washington 2001

[@fashizzle78]

Jake failed the test with Roger .Alonzo wanted Jake as part of his crew .when Jake didn't take the money and didn't kill Roger .Alonzo had already made up his mind to have Jake killed by Smiley

[@andrewblanchard2398]

ALONZO set up JAKE the whole day

[@fashizzle78]

@@andrewblanchard2398 but he also wanted to see if Jake could be corrupted like the rest of his unit first .when Jake didn't take that money and refused to kill roger he failed Alonzo's test .

[@andrewblanchard2398]

@@fashizzle78 ALONZO : " I'VE BEEN PLANNING THIS ALL WEEK "

[@fashizzle78]

@@andrewblanchard2398 you must have never watched it on dvd and listened to director Antuan Fuques commentary through the entire movie .alonzo had a backup plan just incase jake would try to report him to internal affairs .hence why had jake smoke the marijuana laced with pcp but he saw jake was good with paper work and could handle himself when he saw jake beat up those 2 crackheads he figured this rookie could probably be in his unit but like I said and what the director said in commentary when Jake didn't take the money it was clear he was uncorruptable and couldn't be part of the unit and he had to go you see alonzo was in his car. On the cell phone with smiley

[@NelsonStJames]

The whole scene with the Mexican gang is the scene that sticks with me most with this film. The notion of karma and how the smallest thing you do might one day come back to save your life. It's really something to think about. This episode made me want to see you two review "To Live and Die in L.A."

[@s1050]

That’s a brilliant movie. These guys should definitely review it

[@reneedennis2011]

Another good movie.

[@TheQuizibo]

The snail joke is a test, it's not funny, it's supposed to be not funny. However, Ethan hawk laughs to please and fit in with him and alonzo. It shows Ethan's weakness, and he realizes immediately afterwards... "It's not funny".... "Then alonzo asks " why'd you laugh then?"

[@nickmattio3397]

“Where’s Your Office At?” -“Ur In The Office Baby.” “No Taxation Without Representation Jake! You wanna Go To Jail Or You Go Home?” Alonso reminds me of David recruiting Michael in the Lost Boys a lot, and the other Lost are the rest of Alonso’s crew

[@thefractalcurve5462]

A compelling philosophy ..

[@floex831]

+Off The Shelf Reviews I love this movie! Being from LA, Inglewood specifically. Knowing about the people within the LAPD that the Alonzo was ultimately based on really spoke to home. So many things changed within the gang life on the streets after the Rampart scandal. Innocent bystander incidents diminished dramatically from the 80s and early-mid 90s. Gangs became far more organized and the smart ones became legitimate business people, consequently turning into organized crime groups rather than street gangs. I can talk about this all day, that said, thank you for yet another amazing review!

[@jeffmartin9753]

Eva Mendes in this flick, whoo! Off the Shelf Reviews!

[@controlZchannel]

Bought a PS2 secondhand and this DVD came along with it.

[@walkthroughs4091]

Hope you guys will review Cry Freedom from 1987 with Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline !

[@Sean_44320]

One of my top three of all time. Awesome work fellas, great review💯💯🍻

[@TheUballe]

Just re-watched this last weekend and it's aged well.

[@dejabu24]

love this movie , Denzel a boss , Ethan Hawke an incredibly talented actor

[@HigHrvatski]

I was flipping through the channels one evening, and on one channel there was Peter Jacksons King Kong while the other one was showing Training Day. I could only watch one and I said "King Kong ain't got shit on Training Day".

[@JokermanUno]

LMAO

[@nyoodmono4681]

One of the few good movies in the last 200 years, together with Collateral

[@reneedennis2011]

I agree.

[@rxtsec1]

I heard that the reason why Alonzo even came up with the idea to use that gang to kill Jake was after Jake saves the girl he asks her who her people are and tells her to have them take care of those guys who try to rape her. At that moment Alonzo puts in the back of his head he can use them to kill Jake If need be not thinking Jake had the wallet. This theory makes sense cause Alonzo throughout the whole movie was improvising. 2 examples are when he goes to Rogers's house he ask him what will he be doing later. The menu on the car he uses as a warrant. Even robbing the sandman who he got the info from snoop to pay the wise men to get a warrant for Roger

[@ELcoyote576]

Do you wanna go to Jail or Go Home???

[@DrRockso79]

Oh snap! Congrats on 20k dudes! 👊

[@thefractalcurve5462]

😎I first seen Ethan Hawks in that movie 'ALIVE'. About the rugby team that crash lands in the Andes Mountains...

[@aintsam9952]

In my mind, Jake was already undercover for Internal Affairs. Hell, “Jake” is term in New York that means Law Enforcement

[@davydevilution3483]

Other Film Review channels ain't got shit on OTSR !!

[@ebrahimherrera9049]

Great movie!! Great review!! And congrats on 20k boys!!!!

[@kingexclusivo]

Man i started watching this movie with literally no expectations based on the title and little description they got on Netflix, but damn, this movie is amazing. Really makes you think, well acted and so many things happen despite the plot looking so simple. One of the best movies i've seen for sure.

[@geoffreygershon]

Great review guys! Please do MORE Denzel movies....so many gems: Crimson Tide, Inside Man, The Might Quinn, Man on Fire, Unstoppable, The Bone Collector....

[@MrRicardowill]

The snail story was a metaphor for Denzel returning to the Sandman's house.

[@thepowerofIandI]

My eyes opened as wide as dinner plates as soon as I saw your video’s thumbnail on my feed, thank you gentlemen

[@daydreamindavey7315]

"King Kong ain't got shit on me!"

[@punkrockgalbenevenelse3659]

What song plays at the start of this video

[@lbreezy4423]

@19:31 Got him at shotgun point 🤣🤣🤣

[@skaro85]

20k subs awesome guys! Cheers for the review! 😁 👊

[@davidcokeley2918]

Denzel is my favorite actor!

[@Phantasmlovecraft]

KING KONG AIN'T GOT SHIT ON ME

[@williamhiers1280]

Nick Chinlund is one of Alonzo's men. Love that guy.

[@staffzx]

Wow, throughout the day, Jake sure made a lot of new friends

[@reneedennis2011]

This is a new classic! Great reaction!

[@dayjahserene5166]

My guy "Tuco" from Breaking Bad is awesome Lolol ...if you don't feel the emotions & tension from this movie, you're not watching it right

[@danlord7717]

Ethan Hawke was great in Tape too.

[@jwnj9716]

I cant tell you how many times they showed this movie on TV, its that good.

[@rickyspanish1033]

You guys need to review Lord of War. Not only a solid film but the scene between Nic Cage & Ethan Hawke at the end is awesome

[@reneedennis2011]

Good movie.

[@Luvie1980]

It's different when the rabbit has the gun.

[@jgedutis]

In my mind Denzel, Ethan, Snoop, and Dre blazed mad bud on the set of this movie

[@myronsanders4563]

Dr Dre is largely Strict and Sober. He Dosent even eat Red Meat

[@alanbo32]

“Smoke weed everyday” 😂

[@michaelmyers2091]

@@alanbo32 Just proves they are fake af

[@vanssan1414]

you guy's are the best another fab review thankyou xxx

[@natalieps2387]

The snail metaphor is jake is the snail & alonzo is the frustrated man. He threw jake to the Mexicans & got out& when he turns up again Alonzo is like shit. Jake is the annoying snail that keeps coming back for alonzo. Theirs a great deleted scene where Alonzo tells a story how he started off good . I also thought the line alonzo says " let the animals take eachother out " jake let's the criminals take eachother out.

[@mattmidgley4275]

Always heard good things about this film but never watched it, I will now so thanks guys. OTSR 👊👊

[@jesustheres]

This movie is probably also the reason The Shield got green lit

[@ironwoman2012]

One of my favorite movies 😊

[@senorfrog5605]

Right before alonzo brings jake to the hispanic gang neighborhood, hes on the phone with someone telling them to make sure the bathtubs clean

[@theghost3061]

Awesome review man

[@davidthorson2036]

Another reference to Raphael Perez is Snoop Dogg's character. Perez and his goons shot and paralyzed a guy and then planted a gun on him. The guy even got sent to prison but was released once the corrupt cops were exposed.

[@603solo]

Considering the character of Alonzo is based heavily off of Perez it makes sense.

[@originalgameronline3457]

I'm telling everyone I just found an underground Simon Peg KZbin channel.

[@evoGage]

Training Day is just amazing. Really good film.

[@Protoman85]

Great movie, my only problem with it is that I think it should have ended in the jungle with gunshots after it zoomed out or something, getting killed by russians wasn't quite as poetic justice-y as getting killed by the people he had been abusing and living off of all his career would have been.

[@nocapdog1696]

Johan Öberg ya it would’ve been more realistic that way

[@Rob-sk1im]

This flick was good until Alonzo blows away Roger in front of Jake. There's no WAY that Alonzo would expose Jake to that degree of his criminal actions after just meeting him that day. Then, when he kills Roger, that's when this film became dumb. Jake would have found a way to contact his superiors and call for assistance. Whatever realism they were going for was tossed away with that scene. In reality, Alonzo would have blown away Jake with Roger as he was a liability.

[@kylecurry577]

A classic! Over the top & intense. Great acting by all. A movie about real life ,real cops & real LA. Welcome to the world!!! It’s too bad the Allonzo character didn’t live we could’ve had a series of movies this is a great character, a complex character. “King Kong ain’t got sh... on me!!”

[@labtecgamer653]

Great film and great review

[@db3crashcoursecinema]

DENZEL..The GOAT of All GOATS!!!!!

[@CodGodess]

This movie came out when I had joined the Police, I absolutely loved it, Good beginning, great middle the end let’s it down to be fair but overall one of the best cop movies made

[@bacchanal888]

How long have you been a pig for?

[@theripper121]

@@bacchanal888 "Ever have your shit pushed in?"

[@LacieCrazy]

I need that Capt Morgan t-shirt!!! Where did you buy it?

[@mayam.3240]

I actually thought that the mexican gang was another test for Jake since Alonso knew about the the saved nieces cousins. Through it's unclear if Alonso knew about Jake having her purse, he might have guessed that the saving alone might be Jakes joker. If he actually wanted to get him killed he easily could have done so during the raid at Roger's.

[@whitneytrevon]

Whether Alonzo knew that the girl was Smiley’s cousin is up for debate. But he had no idea Jake picked up that wallet. Alonzo had every intention for Jake to be killed by the Mexicans. He underestimated Jake (and Jake was kind of lucky if we’re honest). As soon as Jake didn’t accept that money, Alonzo realized that he was unable to be corrupted. The plan was to blame everything on Jake when I.A. did their investigation. That’s why Alonzo had Jake smoke that PCP early in the film. Alonzo should’ve listened to Paul at Roger’s house and killed Jake right then.

[@bricecate]

I love after hoyt cuffs the homeless racist, looks at Alonzo and says "thanks for the help" and Alonzo just brushes it off and says "you shoulda shot em" such a great line.

[@funnymgtow1893]

Love this movie! I lived in south-central for seven years. this movies pretty accurate

[@xenablossom4682]

We need a review of "Miracle on 34th Street" for Christmas sometime.

[@anthonythompson9763]

They don't mention the 3 wise men alot

[@mariannegary6710]

Just denzels acting alone is why to watch this movie. Ethan is the second reason / such good actors

[@fixhersworld]

Just realised it all happened in one day. That must have been a very long n eventgul day

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

30:15 lmaoo *TURN UP* 🖤

[@alexjacobsen8487]

4:07 😂😂😂😂

[@genevievem969]

Great movie review!!

[@guyjperson]

McCabe and Miller? 1959? Do you mean McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 1971?

[@andrewblanchard2398]

FUN FACT SAMUEL L JACKSON WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY ALONZO

[@fashizzle78]

Also Mickey Rourke that's from the director

[@grayman7208]

please review " the prestige "

[@lancehernandez1044]

My dad loves that movie

[@barricade1391]

Boom... I still say that all the time 😅

[@MrEnergee1987]

Three o’clock high is cult film of the late eighties

[@srsd8334]

A brilliant film

[@AdrianMendoza23]

"I didn't know you liked to get wet?...Angel Dust, Sherman Hemsley, Love Boat."

[@DarkLink-hj7py]

This is the scariest movie ever made

[@FelicityGemini]

how did yall talk about ethan hawke movies and not bring *Lord of War*? say what you want about nicholas cage but once he is in a movie with actors who know what they doing he does better. I do like that movie. eva mendaz is in ghost rider. idk why i just realized that and cared.

[@controlZchannel]

How many of us recreated that car in GTA5?

[@AubreyTheKing]

"King Kong ain't got shit on me!" I love that! Great review you guys! :)

[@kevinharvey7139]

For how good you guys are at analysing films and I love your reviews, your take on the snail story is way off

[@andrewblanchard2398]

24:40

[@CharlieJayWAY]

More gangster movies especially from LA well done chaps

[@allencampbell3350]

"What's in the box" Oh my god I spit out my tea on that one!!

[@robertallen2109]

Another one I need to see again. I saw this the first time with my very conservative parents when I was a teenager. It was so awkward I sorta scrubbed it from my memory.

[@reedmorebooks]

Iain: I watched a different movie than Gary. Gary: Dammit Iain, you had one job!

[@johnashley327]

Can you review Scarface.

[@87g4g3]

Hrafninn Flýgur the raven flies review it. Regards Iceland. Good show.

[@JokermanUno]

I wanna bring Gary and Ian to my hood, too.

[@kweli05]

When he died he was like Sonny from Godfather, yes. But I find him more like Rasputin and the fact that he was killed by Russians is more of a connection there.

[@kentxx12]

I dont like it,sorry,but se "Man on fire" instead thats is very good movie for my taste ;)

[@r2153]

You guys are trips. You want Jake to get his head blown off? This movie is gritty AF and it's ok the the good guy wins.

[@myronsanders4563]

Originally, Spike Lee was suppose to Direct this film. Thank God he didn't. Would have been a different film. Script Issues throughout. 1st 25 Minutes its Realism of the LA Streets, the rests It seems confused weather it wants to show gritty realism or be a Cliche Cop Film. Denzel Washington's Performance alone makes this a Good Movie