Dirty (2005 film)

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Directed by Chris Fisher
Written byChris Fisher
Gil Reavilsxl
Eric Saks
Produced byDavid Hillary
Timothy Wayne Peternel
Ash R. Shah
Starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
Clifton Collins Jr.
Keith David
Wyclef Jean
Wood Harris
Robert LaSardo
Lobo Sebastian
Judy Reyes
Chris Mulkey
Khleo Thomas
Aimee Garcia
Nick Gonzalez
Brian White
Tory Kittles
Jim Ortlieb
Taboo
Cole Hauser
CinematographyEliot Rockett
Edited byTom Sanders
Miklos Wright
Music byRyan Beveridge
Production
companies
Silver Nitrate Pictures
Destination Films
Deviant Films
Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date
  • November 9, 2005 (2005-11-09)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
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]

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Plot

Officer Armando Sancho (Clifton Collins, Jr.) is a former Mal Creado ("Badly Raised") 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

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

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 21%, based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4 out of 10. The website's consensus reads, "Dirty is an unoriginal L.A. cop drama that wears its tired influences on its sleeves." [4]

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