watched "Training Day" for the first time in about 15-16yrs. Damn...

[Fctftl]

He’s played Mexican, Colombian, Arab pretty much everything I think he did one movie where he was his actual nationality.

He also played a Samoan. He’s Hollywood’s go to when they dont feel like looking for the ethnically correct actor for a role

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

On some real life stuff, can you imagine what Ethan Hawkes character wouldve been thinking when Alonzo and them told him he was eating that self-defense homicide ?



Denzel dying at the end might be one of the few bad guy characters you weren't low key rooting for. It wasn't sad in any way when he got popped

And then to get setup for an ass raping

 

[OmegaK2099]

watching this on Netflix

I took a break from Wanda vision to watch this piff

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

He also played a Samoan. He’s Hollywood’s go to when they dont feel like looking for the ethnically correct actor for a role

He also played Jesus Christ

 

[KingsOfKings]

 

[Geek Nasty]

Didn't matter... Dude was untouchable in those streets. He had the "wise men" all in the loop too. And they met with Ethan too. So everyone knew Zo was dirty as fukk.... What's another body? He'd say he was killed on the job or he dropped him off and that was that... Got his whole team plus the higher ups backing his play... He would have been straight

The wise men were just as dirty as he was

 

[FaTaL]

The wise men were just as dirty as he was

Much more dirty and had more power. Zo was just a grunt at the end of the day

 

[Geek Nasty]

What was lonzo end game if ethan went missing(killed by the mexican) ?


His wife knew he went with alonzo in the morning to train..

Was he gona be on the run?

No need to do anything special. Lonzo would just report his odd behavior, seems like he was on drugs. Dump his body in a known spot, when the blood tests come back positive for PCP, no one is going to dig any further.

 

[the cac mamba]

what was the significance of roger knowing who jake was/where he played football?

anyone have any thoughts on this? maybe it didnt mean anything

it reminds me of that scene in above the rim, when jackie aprile knows that georgetown is looking at kyle

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

The wise men were just as dirty as he was

What’s that matter? Everyone knew everyone was dirty…. Nobody cared.

So if Hoyt goes missing, they’d cover it up like they been covering up dealings with Zo for decades

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

yoo, heres a question. just remembered this

what was the significance of roger knowing who jake was/where he played football?

i remember when denzel said "roger sold dope to kids" after they killed him, was it something to do with that?

Just showing that Roger was a big player. He knew everyone from Zo and the wise men, down to the name of some rookie who played football in high school. Plus yea. He sold dope to those same kids and everyone else.

All establishing Roger was the man. That’s why his snail story turns out to be the entire plot of the movie

 

[ShaDynasty]

I'm glad they didn't go with Matt Damon for Hoyt, although Damon just looks like a cop.

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

One of the GOAT movies.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

watched last night.. forgot some things about it. Basically lonzo had that sh-t all planned down to every last detail

 

[Professor Emeritus]

yoo, heres a question. just remembered this

what was the significance of roger knowing who jake was/where he played football?

i remember when denzel said "roger sold dope to kids" after they killed him, was it something to do with that?

I think it was just an attempt to humanize Roger in Jake's mind and make his conflict even deeper. Alonzo portrays Roger as just a corrupted drug dealer who is hurting kids, wants to make sure his death means nothing to Jake. But Roger knowing who Jake was and complimenting him gives Jake a reason to feel like Roger is a real person, even if only for a superficial reason.