Training Day is an Acaemy Award winning 2001 crime film directed by Antoine Fuqua; starring Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris, a corrupt Los Angeles police officer, and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, his new recruit looking to become a part of Harris' elite narcotics unit. The entire movie takes place over a single, intense 24-hour period in Los Angeles that forever changes the lives of both officers. The movie was written by David Ayer. Both the screen writer and the director grew up in gang neighborhoods.