Dirty

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Dirty

R

2005

1h 37m

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Armando Sancho (Clifton Collins Jr.) is a former Los Angeles gang member who has transitioned into law enforcement. Sancho, however, who is surrounded by corruption, finds that life as a police officer is just as morally bankrupt as life as a gangster. After being implicated in the shooting of an innocent man himself, Sancho is then pressured to testify against his loose-cannon friend and partner, Salim Adel (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who has a history of abusing citizens.

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Critics Consensus

Dirty is an unoriginal L.A. cop drama that wears its tired influences on its sleeves.

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Robert Koehler

Variety

A no-nonsense dramatic response to the LAPD Rampart scandals of the '90s.

Jul 22, 2008

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

We get it. All of you guys watched the Tarantino movies and you watched the Peckinpah movies. Enough, give us something original.

Feb 27, 2006

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Tim Cogshell

Boxoffice Magazine

The cinematography of Eliot Rockett is also laudable: The city is not only rendered in the usual hot and gritty texture of urban landscapes, but is imbued with sense of oppression that is palpable.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 24, 2006

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Lewis Beale

Film Journal International

Dirty is a solid ride, and deserves recognition if only because it affords Gooding the chance to reaffirm his acting chops.

Mar 1, 2007

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Luke Y. Thompson

LYTRules.com

Fisher goes a bit too over the top with a couple of conventions that I wish he'd rein in.

Oct 25, 2006

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Jules Brenner

Cinema Signals

This picture of it is poppin' blanks at too many turns to be considered honest nor a reflection of the real deal.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 26, 2006

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andy c

Honestly, what a cheap knock off to training day I feel that Cuba Gooding Junior was trying too hard the movie really has no point. I personally think they could’ve done way better be original. Stop trying to copy training day.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/17/24

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stoner j

Even more ridiculous than any David Ayer movie. The production, dialogue, writing (especially) and acting were all just ridiculous

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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samuel l

A ridiculous plot, nonstop, mindless swearing, and horrible, grainy, and shaky cinematography make this a film to avoid at all costs. There's no realism at any point in the 1 hour 37 minute runtime, the corrupt cop storyline has been done a thousand times before, and the ending was garbage. There are apparently entire divisions of police dedicated to being as corrupt as humanly possible, and none of them get caught. Then there's the fact that the police actively recruited gang members and tried to kill fellow cops to prevent them from snitching. How original. I'm not against swearing, but about 90% of the dialogue was swearing using the same phrases over and over again. The rest of the dialogue was just as bad, again being beyond silly. All of the characters were unlikeable and received awful development. The pacing was poor, and the acting was mediocre, although the script didn't do anybody any favours. The cinematography was woefully bad because it was all handheld rubbish. Whoever thought it was a good idea to make the film as grainy as possible should be banned from working in film. Finally, the visual effects were acceptable, and the soundtrack consisted of awful rap music.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Not Too Rubbish At All. Why Does It Get Canned?? Very Well-Shot, Equally Suited Soundtrack With Some Very Solid Acting. I Think In Being Compared To Other Police-Corruption Films Exploring The Pressures Of The Job, Sight Is Lost On This Being A Good Stand-Alone Edition To That Kind Of Genre. So In Light Of That, I Found It Insightful & Quite Well Done.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Outstanding stellar most intense movie I've seen since the Sixth Sense.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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roger g

Unnecessarily filthy. Don't waste your time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

Armando Sancho (Clifton Collins Jr.) is a former Los Angeles gang member who has transitioned into law enforcement. Sancho, however, who is surrounded by corruption, finds that life as a police officer is just as morally bankrupt as life as a gangster. After being implicated in the shooting of an innocent man himself, Sancho is then pressured to testify against his loose-cannon friend and partner, Salim Adel (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who has a history of abusing citizens.

Director: Chris Fisher
Producer: David Hillary, Timothy Wayne Peternel
Screenwriter: Chris Fisher, Gil Reavill, Eric Saks
Production Co: Silver Nitrate Pictures
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Drug Use|Some Sexual Content|Strong Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 9, 2005, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Feb 24, 2006
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $271.1K
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: DTS, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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