The latest movie-to-TV adaptation is a strong argument against the trend.
This has led to a string of feature film-to-TV adaptations with mixed-to-mostly bad results.
Rights holders, protect your films.
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The cop format is eternally repeatable.
and mark every script page.
Unlike some of the other film-to-TV transplants,Training Dayreally could have worked.
He drinks, refers to his ex-wives, and steals money from drug dealers.
He also lacks an ounce of actual menace.
Any rough edge is sanded down so far that the character is as gritty as a spoonful of Jell-O.
Justin Cornwell’s rookie character follows a similarly pernicious trope conflating a backstory with personality.
He also seems to have the moral fiber of an average human being.
Beyond that, we don’t know much, but it’s not that Kyle is a mystery.
He’s just a bore.
And a dumb bore at that.
I can’t think of a more perfect encapsulation of everything wrong withTraining Day.
This show ain’t got s on King Kong.C-
