Denzel Washington delivers a powerful Academy Award-winning performance as Los Angeles detective Alonzo Harris, a veteran narcotics officer whose methods of enforcing the law are somewhat questionable. Training Day follows Harris over the space of 24 hours as he shows the ropes to rookie Jake Hoyt on the mean streets of South Central LA. Confronted with his colleague's unlawful methods, Hoyt faces up to some difficult ethical dilemmas in this compelling urban cop drama.