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Pragmatism

Classic Review – Antoine Fuqua’s “Training Day” (2001)

September 30, 2016 by Derek Jacobs

To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf.

– Det. Alonzo Harris

 

No fun when the rabbit has the gun, is it?

– Jake Hoyt

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Categories Classic Review, Film Reviews Tags Antoine Fuqua, Character, Crime, Denzel Washington, Drama, Ethan Hawke, Idealism, Morality, Plot, Police Violence, Pragmatism, Theme 5 Comments
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