t's definitely those eyes. The intensity of his gaze has worked well for Denzel Washington. Characters in leadership positions fit him like a finely cut suit - from the rugged Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling in Courage Under Fire, to the part of corrupt narcotics detective Alonzo Harris in Training Day, which won him his second Academy Award. (His first was for his performance as the runaway slave, Trip in Glory.) However, when his poised, staunch expression is jarred by uncertainty - as it was when he played lawyer Joe Miller whose views on homosexuality were shaken in Philadelphia - his acting takes on a layered quality and enhances his characters with a vulnerability with which audiences can relate. In Out of Time, Washington once again plays a leader, Matt Whitlock, the chief of police in the small community of Banyan Key, Florida. Matt is a hardworking man who is respected by his fellow officers and by the community. But he is not without his faults, and in a moment of weakness, he allows his good intentions and position of authority to corrupt him. |
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