No way. Training Day is on another level, Denzel’s Oscar-winning performance is transcendental, probably his best in a long and distinguished career, and he’s playing against type as a bad guy.
Man On Fire is good but it’s another Denzel-as-hero vehicle and Tony Scott’s tourette’s camerawork is funky but stops you from really getting deep into the characters.
I think the biggest problem with Training Day for me is its simple story. There isn't really much of a story that branches off from the main one.
Man on Fire starts off with an alcoholic hired to take care of a girl, then a relationship begins. When she gets kidnapped, it then turns into a revenge story while simultaneously cutting back to Marc Anthony's corruption story. It's really a film of two acts.