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.

The Ramparts Scandal of the 1990s entailed L.A. gang members infiltrating the police department, violently shaking down fellow gang-bangers, then, in perjured testimony after their stupidity busted wide open the whole mess, ruined the careers of honest cops in L.A.P.D.'s gang units. As final salt in the wound, taxpayers were soaked for millions in court settlements to the put-upon homies that got rough treatment from these hoods in blue.The real villains of the piece were not-well-thought-through outreach projects to recruit more inner-city youth into the city's police force. This was yet another brainstorm of liberal social engineers far removed from the detritus wrought by their brilliance.This movie, inspired by Ramparts, takes those facts and corkscrews them 180 degrees. The gangstas are the cops. All cops. The real villain is the SYSTEM, maaaaaaan.This tired, hackneyed tripe represents the warped mindset of Hollywood's establishment today. It's a weak-tea Frankfurt School indictment of class, race, capital, injustice... (yaaaawn). I think one of the great injustices in this country today that so much of our media, so much of our political arena, is fabricated by these tapas-bar revolutionaries from the mean streets of Malibu, Brentwood and Beverly Hills. Decades ago, "Dirty" would be hailed as wonderfully subversive by reviewers feasting on the bounty of the very system they claim to despise. It's as subversive as "Dancing With the Stars". This is the only political viewpoint we get - in any movie or documentary produced in this country.In that respect, this movie is similar to "Crash", that other self-celebration of hypocritical Lefty gibberish. In fact, the scene in which Gooding Jr. hassles a middle-class white couple was almost straight-lifted a few years later for "Crash", with the racial components reversed.One reviewer here proposed "it's easy to behave morally in a sheltered, safe, middle-class environment." Well, it's easier not to become murderous animals in that kind of environment - that's for sure. And, evidently, it's a lot easier to develop a morality far removed from the real world by typing out scripts in tony neighborhoods with gates, guards, income levels in the stratosphere and worldviews in Never-Never Land.

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.

I was shocked after watching just the first few minutes of this film. It is amazing how this final version even came close to making the cut. Cuba gooding is a good actor. Remember in Boyz in the hood when the bad cop held a gun to his head and that one tear rolled down his cheek? Well what the hell happened to that guy? He is worse than a B movie actor in this film. His street accent isn't even remotely close to good and he never develops a person anyone can identify with. As for the rest of the actors, I'm sure they have to be embarrassed to even be in this film. Its sketchy, poorly written, poorly acted, and rambles on. In fact I would find it easy to believe that the director was doing Meth during production and wasn't getting enough sleep. Its crazy that some people actually liked this film. They must be shills. Have to be!