SanFernandoCurt 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.

funky_moose543 Movie was a little slow moving. You also get the feeling the movie tried too hard to push the idea of corruption to the point where you question the likelihood of something happening. Few examples: The unnecessary stealing of the PDA, the two sexual assaults, the killing of the girlfriend, son, and mother. This all seems so unnecessary, especially the killings. Why would those guys even care if the kids, girlfriend, or mother died? Plus wouldn't it be a lot more work to cover up? And they expect him to listen to what they're saying after they kill his family? And without going into too many details, I found some of the arguments Captain Spain used wouldn't really be used by someone with that characters viewpoints. Other things that threw the movie off were the main Hispanic gang boss (unrealistic, I felt the movie the trying to go into a dark, artistic mindset which didn't fit with the rest of the movie), randomly deciding to show up in uniform that day (why? why was it such a big deal? I assume I missed something), and the line that the IA lady used about serving and protecting first and covering yourself second. From what I've heard it's always protect your own ass from danger first, others after. I'm pretty sure this is a well known policy that they tell police again and again. The fact that the "good cops" said it made he heavily question the amount of research they put behind this movie or to what limit they were going to try to make a point. The whole thing about the main character killing an innocent man was ridiculous. Yeah maybe he was innocent, but the way the movie portrayed it he was going to shoot him. That was the main characters big sin? Shooting a guy that he thought was about to shoot him or his partner? I also disliked the idea that the movie made it seem like the girl wanting to shoot the black officer was justified. Yeah it was messed up, but does death justify it? no. I found me questioning if I really wanted to watch the rest of the movie several times.

Martin (ThatsGoodInnit) A really strong performance from Clifton Collins Jr, combined with an excellent bad cop come good cop story from Chris Fisher and Gil Reavill with excellent acting from Cuba and Clifton, really great chemistry between them both, really solid acting made this film a knock-out, a really good compliment to films like training day. I would highly recommend this film if you enjoyed training day like me. Some great camera angles with the action scenes contributed towards some great tension and atmosphere, very enjoyable with some great faces like Wyclef Jean, Cole Hauser, Tory Kittles, Khleo Thomas, and Keith David to top it off. Rent it or buy it now! top marks. I hope cuba Forgets films like snowdogs, and continues with films like this and End Game, easily his best film since boyz n the hood.

jtodah this was an okay movie. Cuba wasn't bad . i mean for an Oscar winner he was OK. but i would like to disagree with that last critic. this is in a league of its own. it was OK like i said. lot of violence lot of sexual words like nuts and ball sack was used. so i was OK. i have not seen any tits in it. but all and all it was good from the bloody to the bloody end. this movie is a rent. this is a popcorn flick. i loved it. if you want to see drama see harsh times.now Christan bale did a real good job in that one. check that one out. now that is a hit movie. so this has been the j minute.81 4 life. out. here i s some jib 4 y'all.out