Dirty (2005)

Such a frustrating disappointment

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The 25th Of January 2013 is a bad day for me . I inadvertently typed in the wrong PIN number on my bank card which means I can't get any money out of the machine in the wall and since it's the weekend that means Saturday and Sunday with no money . My boiler is on the blink which means a very expensive call out for a plumber . Oh hold even if I had my bank card there's no money in my account . Cold showers for the foreseeable future and my cold shower tomorrow morning I've got a very long bus journey for a jobs fair that I've promised the job centre I'd attend otherwise no benefits . I could have done with some cheering up so switched on the TV to watch DIRTY which hopefully would take my mind off my problems for a couple of hours . It didn't . It compounded themThe premise is good though obviously unoriginal . If you've the other comments here you'll see that the critics are reminded of several other films all of which are superior to this one , but the story isn't beyond redemption . The problem is the director Chris Fisher adopts a painfully over stated stance involving cinematography , editing and soundtrack . It could be the greatest screenplay ever written and within minutes the audience would be switching to over to something more relaxing such as MTV's 100 Loudest Nu-Metal Countdown . Honestly the directing is in yer face your head will explode It's certainly not the greatest screenplay ever but that said in the final third the story becomes compelling enough - if not to redeem the film - then to certainly stop DIRTY gaining a rare one out ten rating from me . Perhaps it was the fact I empathise that the two corrupt cops find themselves sinking deeper and deeper in an existentialist quicksand of their own making . That said their misery was one of their own making and of course they're mere characters in a fictional film where as people in real life find themselves sinking in to a metaphorical swamp it's usually caused by bad circumstance . But hey at least you've still got your health

Collins is one of my favorite actors, and Gooding has shown that he is a major talent. While they both portrayed their characters well, I thought the whole thing was a waste. I saw it on cable TV where it was described as a "gritty" police drama. Gritty to me means that it shows how life really is, warts and all, and it isn't pretty. This wasn't gritty; it was sordid. It was *way* over the top in portraying police corruption. Are there corrupt cops? Sure, go ahead and portray them, it would be interesting. But these characters, particularly Gooding's, were so far beyond corrupt that it became ludicrous instead of unveiling corruption. There wasn't a single interaction Gooding's character had, that wasn't a betrayal, a lie, a theft, an insult, an act of violence, or a molestation. The word "mother******" was probably used four hundred times. Watching it, instead of being an interesting drama, just became depressing. Collins' character showed signs of a conscience, and of gradually being corrupted, and was the more believable of the two. I really hate to see great talent like this wasted.

there was a review quote " If you liked " Traing Day " then you will like this. No, its way past Training Day in violence. Way past anything I've seen in the gritty reality stakes. A bad part of Los Angeles, where the population, it seems to me, is split between predators and prey.... and even the prey are opportunists who will turn to crime when it suits them. Thats the message of this movie. A corner of Tinseltown where civilisation does not exist, where anarchy rules, where the police are the most powerful criminal gang and will do anything to stay there. Everything's corrupt, except possibly the impotent Internal affairs office. Police officer played by Cuba Gooding Jr says to his partner played by Clifton Collins Jr. " Don't you get it ? there ARE no gangs, we've got rid of them all and WE are the only gang left " A good movie, but one that left a strong feeling of foreboding in me, and a realisation that all of us depend on a very thin veneer of civilisation, which, when overstressed can collapse in ruins.

this was an okay movie. Cuba wasn't bad . i mean for an Oscar winner he was OK. but i would like to disagree with that last critic. this is in a league of its own. it was OK like i said. lot of violence lot of sexual words like nuts and ball sack was used. so i was OK. i have not seen any tits in it. but all and all it was good from the bloody to the bloody end. this movie is a rent. this is a popcorn flick. i loved it. if you want to see drama see harsh times.now Christan bale did a real good job in that one. check that one out. now that is a hit movie. so this has been the j minute.81 4 life. out. here i s some jib 4 y'all.out