Brendon Jones
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Kaelan Mccaffrey
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
SnoopyStyle
Salim Adel (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) is a LAPD patrol cop. His partner Armando Sancho (Clifton Collins, Jr.) is a former gang member.Cuba tries his best copy of Denzel in Training Day and it works for a little while. I think Denzel is just on a different level. Cuba seems to fade. He's not able to keep it up. As they follow their dark path, it becomes less and less relevant. I don't care about these characters. I find no rooting interest in either of these characters. In the end, I have little interest in the movie itself. This is only for die-hard Cuba fans.
sheepmonk2000
Dirty is disgustingly bad. It took me 5 minutes to arrive at that verdict and then I switched the film off and threw it in the trash. Me buying the film was a leap of faith as it was as I had read the negative reviews but was so enticed by the premise that I had to give it a look - but boy was that a mistake. So, some may think it unfair of me to write a poor review for this film after only watching less than 5 minutes of it, but hey those reading can make their own mind up on the legitimacy of my opinion. Anyway, the film - it's bad oh so bad. It starts off with a very stereotypical character performing a very corny voice-over containing some awful dialogue. The film then flashes to a murder, which is directed dreadfully, as the camera is all over the place and motive of the murder is ridiculous, as basically there isn't one, only now apparently the murderers partner feels real bad about it...I mean come on, how far fetched can you get. So to conclude avoid this movie at all costs, and if you do want to watch a GOOD movie about police corruption, then check out either 'Training Day', Brooklyns Finest' or even 'Street Kings' as these are all top notch. Chow.
Bob_the_Hobo
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Clifton Collins Jr. heading a cast that includes Keith David and Cole Hauser? What could go wrong? Dirty follows Cuba and Clifton, playing dirty undercover cops that steal, harass white people, do drugs, and swear, yep, pretty much what Denzel did in Training Day. Keith David and Cole Hauser play their oblivious superiors.This was such an obvious knockoff of Training Day...everything about this film breathed it. Cuba can't live up to the ironic class that Denzel had, and Clifton, while a very good actor, has nothing on Ethan Hawke.The lines were horribly clichéd, the plot was aimless and difficult...it only gets 3 stars because I'm a fan of this cast, despite their horrible agents.See Training Day-for the first time or again-before you see Dirty.
Michael O'Keefe
Rough-edged drama set in a violent crime ravaged city, where a former gang-banger, Armando Sancho(Clifton Collins Jr), brings his street smarts to an anti-gang unit. His partner is veteran Salim Adel(Cuba Gooding Jr), who himself is drugging and dealing while working undercover for the LAPD. Sancho and Adel have their own personal demons and begin to have trouble trusting each other. The two officers have to deal with the criminal element the only way they know how...on-the-fly and brutal. A gangster with a badge and a gun; with the attitude of being judge, jury and executioner. These partners are pitted against each other; where does the trust begin or end? If Gooding ever played a character you can't like...this is it. Foul language is strong and prevalent. Violence is strong. Others in the cast: Wyclef Jean, Aimee Garcia, Keith David and Cole Hauser. DIRTY is rated a strong R.
