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Title: Good Performances but Poor Script Sinks "Training Day"
Review: After hearing so many good things about this movie, I was greatly disappointed. Denzel gives a great performance, but I would hardly call it Oscar-worthy. Actually, it's hard to say what an Oscar worthy performance is anymore,since so many of the awards are given for political reasons and are based less and less on artistic merit. It was the same with Al Pacino and his award for the very trite "Scent of a Woman" Ugh. The performances by Washington and Hawke are very good and very steady throughout, but the script seems to be thrown together. Basically, it's a mess. I would have liked to see more of a build-up concerning the deal with the Russians-it's almost presented as an afterthought.Yup, more clarity in the narrative would have made this film a whole lot better...Episodes of the Shield are better written than this!
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