2005 · crime · drama · thriller
Dirty
Directed by Chris Fisher1h 37m2005
Two gangbangers turned cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
Our read: Dirty (2005) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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