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Training Day: what do you see when you are high?

Title:  Training Day Year:   2001 Director:    Antoine Fuqua Running time:  122 min. Country:  United States Taking into account the nature of this blog, the answer to the question in this post's title may be pretty obvious. Let's contextualise the scene of this film. Jake (Ethan Hawke) is a rookie cop that has a new workmate: the veteran Alonzo (Denzel Washington). In this film Denzel Washington does one of my favourite performances. He is cool... ... but at the same time, there something twisted about him. But anyway. He is one of the best cops. What can be wrong here? The first weird thing comes with a sudden argument between them. The poor Jake is tricked by Alonzo into smoking something that actually is a strong drug, and soon he enters into a narcotised state with nothing better to do than look out of the window. So, the question is: what does Jake see when he's under the drug's effects? Streets, trees, and a large pigeon flock (quite relaxing vi...