Theo Robertson 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

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.

masticore84 This review is directed at the other critics as well as to this movie.Its clear this movie shows reality, people giving this movie a bad review because of their own goody two shoes experiences should not even bother writing anything here.Its called Dirty for a reason, its meant to be violent and the swearing is real, have you ever hung around a group of people from 15-22 for more than 10 minutes? Most people don't need to swear perfectly to the punchline thats not real and in reality most people overuse it, I'm sick of people attempting to discredit this movie for such idiotic reasons.The cast of this movie is great, they set the ambiance for this movie and they generate a plot for it.Yes this movie has a plot, if you want an underlined detailed plot i would recommend going to watch the wizard of oz and watch Dorothy walk the yellow brick road , maybe even then you will fail to see where she is going.If people want to think this kind of thing does not really happen and this movie is created for people who love trash think again.This movie is good in all aspects. i completely recommend it to people who want more than a movie and not just to pass time, its a movie to think about it afterwards.

mailme-34 I watched this film around a friends house and you should not waste your time or money on this film.the character development is all over the place, the back story is not fully explained and the plot is utterly stupid - none of the characters are likable and the story doesn't seem to flow or progress naturally. the camera work too is also very inconsistent, you could even go as far to say 'poor'. many of the accents in the film were laughable - i'm not even sure why some parts were subtitled.the main problem though, apart from the camera jumping around and zooming to the extent that it looks more like a 'trendy' diy programme is that there is no story, no plot and no real characters - just people walking around reading lines. seriously boys and girls, this blows. i'm glad i actually didn't spend a penny on this - i'd have asked for my money back.