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Sep 2, 2024 · 2 ‘The Equalizer’ (2014) From sports dramas like Southpaw to crime thrillers like Training Day, these are the best movies by prolific director Antoine Fuqua.
- Liam Gaughan
Fun Fact: The license plate on Alonzo's dope-ass Monte Carlo "ORP 967" is actually a nod to Officer Rafael Perez, the disgraced L.A.P.D. officer who was born in 1967, and on whom the character was based. And Malcolm X also a criminal but he did win best supporting actor for Glory in which he plays a slave.
TRAINING DAY stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris, head of an elite unit of LAPD narcotics officers. Rookie Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) has just one day to prove himself to Alonzo. Jake is smart, tough, and very motivated – he wants to make detective, and this is his best opportunity. But Alonzo tells Jake that his ideas are all wrong, and ...
- Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn
- Antoine Fuqua
- Warner Bros.
- Infinite
- Bait
- Brooklyn's Finest
- Shooter
- The Replacement Killers
- The Equalizer 2
- The Magnificent Seven
- King Arthur
- Southpaw
- Olympus Has Fallen
Despite Infinite being one of Fuqua's most recent works to date, it ranks last on this list. Infinite's plot itself is difficult to accurately describe, with the film borrowing from far superior sci-fi forebears such as The Matrix and Inception without ever really nailing down a cohesive narrative structure as its characters veer from reality to re...
It is a wonder Fuqua was ever given another big-budget project in the form of Training Day after the massive commercial failure Bait became. Warner Bros. was initially confident in the success the Jamie Foxx-led Bait would bring, with the production company pumping a (then) mammoth $51 million into the film's creation. Yet Bait feels more like a 11...
The best thing about Fuqua's Brooklyn's Finest is that the movie certainly holds lofty ambitions, which are in part backed up by a stellar cast that includes Ethan Hawke, Richard Gere, Wesley Snipes, and Don Cheadle. Yet Brooklyn's Finest quickly descends into little more than free-for-all violence as the film's law enforcement-based protagonists a...
Only a hairs-breadth of quality separates Brooklyn's Finest from Fuqua's other equally daring project, Shooter. Following Force Recon veteran Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) as he attempts to clear his name against a rival military firm, Shooter tries out some Jason Bourne-esque twists and turns that rarely land as well as the genre zeniths Fuqua's film...
The Replacement Killers marks Fuqua's directorial debut in a John Woo-inspired thriller which follows an emotionally disillusioned assassin forced to settle a violent vendetta for a ruthless crime boss. The film is Chow Yun-fat's Western movie debut, in which the action star essentially ports over his Hong Kong-based shoot-em-up style action into f...
The Equalizer 2 is Fuqua's only sequel project to date, with both he and long-time collaborator Denzel Washington clearly keen for another bite at the immediate success the first Equalizer movie delivered. Unfortunately for all parties involved, The Equalizer 2 fails to live up to its predecessor as Washington's Robert McCall once again goes throug...
Directing The Magnificent Seven remake is likely a project Fuqua coveted above all others, given the original film's direct homages to Kurosawa's masterpiece Seven Samurai. On a tertiary level,The Magnificent Seven is a success, with its box office profits indicative of some beautiful cinematography and an excellent all-around cast. Yet by updating...
Where critics land on Fuqua's King Arthur success likely derives from their stance on historical accuracy within a given period piece. While King Arthur is certainly far from a realistic portrayal of the Dark Ages, the creative liberties taken by Fuqua in portraying the Arthurian legend are no less realistic than the arcane magic the original Camel...
While Fuqua certainly does not break any fresh ground in the sporting-drama genre, Southpaw's true-story-inspired narrative hits like a truck regardless. Even a cheesy, Eminem-backed training montage and several generic underdog cliches cannot detract from the fact Fuqua understands these ideas are what make boxing movies work - with Southpaw follo...
Although based on a far from an original concept that harks back to Die Hard's heyday, Olympus Has Fallen nonetheless is a very successful high-octane action movie. Fuqua expertly ratchets up the dread and tension that always accompany an attack on the democratic heart of America while utilizing Gerard Butler's strengths as a reliable and stoic her...
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 1, 2023. Jeff Beck The Blu Spot. Training Day may have a somewhat basic storyline, but it still offers up a mostly-engaging look at its subject, with a pair ...
Roger Ebert. October 5, 2001. 5 min read. ‘Training Day” is an equal-opportunity police brutality picture, depicting a modern Los Angeles in which the black cop is slimier and more corrupt than anybody ever thought the white cops were. Alonzo Harris, played by Denzel Washington, makes Popeye Doyle look like Officer Friendly.
Sep 6, 2023 · Every Antoine Fuqua Movie Ranked! From 'Bait' to 'Training Day,' Moviefone counts down the best films of director Antoine Fuqua's career. Jami Philbrick. September 6, 2023 - 12 min read. (L to R ...
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