I was saving my first movie review for something that was so profoundly awful, and Ladies and Gentlemen, "Dirty" is just that. I am indeed surprised by the high rating that it has received. Surely, these must be die hard Cuba Gooding Jr. fans.
The movie trailer gave Dirty so much potential. I am sorry to say that that potential was lost after the first 15 minutes of the film. The first and major contributor to my sentiment was Gooding "attempting" to sound like a street cop. Not only was his flagrant use of a well known expletive forced, but the manner in which he attempted to use "cuz" was just awful. I don't consider myself a product of the streets but my surrounding barrio and years of film watching have enabled me to spot an actor trying to sound "hood" and failing horribly. Second point is the subtitles. There were subtitles to English!!! Sure Wyclef was attempting to mimic the accent of people from Jamaica or nearby provinces/countries, but give the audience some credit...or at the very least a sense of authenticity.
I could go on and on, but there are too many other horrible clichés and subplots that make this a lackluster movie. It still may be better than Battlefield Earth but it definitely deserves to be placed on the shelf of awesomely-awful movies...right next to Pearl Harbor and The Musketeer.
The movie trailer gave Dirty so much potential. I am sorry to say that that potential was lost after the first 15 minutes of the film. The first and major contributor to my sentiment was Gooding "attempting" to sound like a street cop. Not only was his flagrant use of a well known expletive forced, but the manner in which he attempted to use "cuz" was just awful. I don't consider myself a product of the streets but my surrounding barrio and years of film watching have enabled me to spot an actor trying to sound "hood" and failing horribly. Second point is the subtitles. There were subtitles to English!!! Sure Wyclef was attempting to mimic the accent of people from Jamaica or nearby provinces/countries, but give the audience some credit...or at the very least a sense of authenticity.
I could go on and on, but there are too many other horrible clichés and subplots that make this a lackluster movie. It still may be better than Battlefield Earth but it definitely deserves to be placed on the shelf of awesomely-awful movies...right next to Pearl Harbor and The Musketeer.