In a city ravaged by violent crime, the police department's anti-gang task force uses any means at its disposal to get the bad guys off the streets, with cops often acting as judge, jury and executioner. As the unit's self-justifying brutality and corruption spiral further out of control, gang member-turned-cop Armando Sancho begins to question the life he and his partner Salim Adel have chosen. So when Internal Affairs agents investigating the division's abuses offer him a deal to come clean about the unit's misdeeds, Sancho must decide whether to heed his conscience or his loyalty to his fellow officers. On the hot, smoggy day Salim and Sancho are scheduled to testify to IA, the two rogue cops agree to run a lucrative, illegal operation for the station's top brass. As their increasingly bloody mission takes them from one end to the other of the sprawling city they've sworn to protect and serve, Salim and Sancho learn that getting clean isn't nearly as easy as being "Dirty."
Production 2710 Inc.; Deviant Films; Silver Nitrate Pictures;
Cast Names Alexis Hernandez; Carlos Love; Chris Parson; Sarah Flannery; Casey LaBow; Tracy Phillips; Katie Piel; Frank Alvarez; Clifton Collins Jr.; Brittany Daniel; Keith David; Robert 'Lil Rob' Flores; Aimee Garcia; Cesar Garcia; Nicholas Gonzalez; Cuba Gooding Jr.; Kevin Grevioux; Wood Harris; Cole Hauser; Wyclef Jean; Pat Healy; Tory Kittles; Terry Kennedy; Robert LaSardo; Jennifer Martinez; Gates McFadden; Joseph McKelheer; Mo; Edward Meza; Chris Mulkey;
Box Office USD 271,078
Release Date 2005-11-09 (AFI Film Festival) 2006-01-20 (limited) 2006-02-24 (Los Angeles, California) 2006-02-24 (New York City, New York)
Genres Crime; Drama; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, some sexual
content and drug use.