Dirty (film)
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Directed by | Chris Fisher |
Produced by |
David Hillary Timothy Wayne Peternel Ash R. Shah |
Written by |
Chris Fisher Gil Reavilsxl Eric Saks |
Starring |
Cuba Gooding, Jr. Clifton Collins, Jr. |
Music by | Ryan Beveridge |
Cinematography | Eliot Rockett |
Edited by |
Tom Sanders Miklos Wright |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language |
English Spanish |
Budget | $3 million [1] |
Box office | $274,245 [1] |
Dirty is a 2005 American crime drama film directed by Chris Fisher. The film stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Clifton Collins, Jr.[2] The film was released in the United States on November 9, 2005.[3]
Plot
Officer Armando Sancho (Clifton Collins, Jr.) is a former Mal Creado ("badly created") gang member who is forced to choose between his conscience and his loyalty. Recruited into an undercover, anti-gang unit of the LAPD, Sancho brings his street smarts onto the force that he has sworn to protect. With his partner Salim Adel (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), the two patrol LA's streets the only way they know how—with force.
Cast
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Officer Salim Adel
- Clifton Collins, Jr. as Officer Armando Sancho
- Keith David as Captain Spain
- Wyclef Jean as Damian Baine
- Wood Harris as Brax
- Robert LaSardo as Roland
- Lobo Sebastian as Manny
- Judy Reyes as Bryant
- Chris Mulkey as Carlson
- Khleo Thomas as Splooge
- Aimee Garcia as Rita
- Nick Gonzalez as Officer Rodriguez
- Brian White as Officer Sayed
- Tory Kittles as Officer Wallace
- Taboo as Ramirez
- Cole Hauser as Lieutenant
- Brittany Daniel as Tatiana
- Kevin Grevioux as Daddy
- Terry Kennedy as Terry
- Jen Martinez as Jen
- Maurice "Mo" McRae as Tiptoes
- Nate Parker as Duster
- Tracy Phillips as Dancer
- Dax Ramgoolam as Elijah Adel
- Nichole Robinson as Boom Boom
- Tre Rogers as Pee Wee
- Telisha Shaw as Judith
- Soledad St. Hilaire as Sancho's Mom
- Jim Ortlieb as Husband
- Gates McFadden as Wife
Production
It is set and filmed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and Venice Beach, California on January 4 and February 1, 2005.
Home media
DVD was released in Region 1 in the United States on April 4, 2006, and also Region 2 in the United Kingdom on 5 June 2006, it was distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Reception
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives a score of 21% based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1 out of 10.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Dirty (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ↑ Beale, Lewis (February 19, 2006). "Steering a Lost Career Back to the 'Hood". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (February 24, 2006). "Dirty Cops and Street Gangs, Both Violent and Out of Control". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Dirty". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 2015. Check date values in:
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External links
- Dirty at the Internet Movie Database
- Dirty at Rotten Tomatoes
- Dirty at Metacritic
- Dirty at AllMovie