Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
Acting
Hawke's desperation, Cheadle's buried soul, Gere's hollowed-out ghost.
Direction
Fuqua dials Training Day vibes to eleven, Brooklyn edition.
Cinematography
Projects as purgatory, every frame claustrophobic and cruel.
Director
Antoine Fuqua
Richard Gere
Off. Eddie Dugan
Don Cheadle
Det. Clarence 'Tango' Butler
Ethan Hawke
Det. Sal Procida
Wesley Snipes
Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
Vincent D'Onofrio
Bobby 'Carlo' Powers
Ellen Barkin
Agent Smith
Michael Kenneth Williams
Red
Shannon Kane
Chantel
Brían F. O'Byrne
Det. Ronny Rosario
Will Patton
Lt. Bill Hobarts
Lili Taylor
Angela Procida
Wass Stevens
Det. Patrick Leary
Armando Riesco
Det. George Montress
Wade Allain-Marcus
C-Rayz
Logan Marshall-Green
Melvin Panton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wesley Snipes filmed this during his tax evasion legal saga, making his imprisoned kingpin weirdly meta. The role was originally written for someone else entirely.
This was Fuqua's deliberate return to Training Day terrain after commercial misfires—he wanted to prove he could still go grimy. The film barely made back its budget despite the stacked cast.
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