“Dragged Across Concrete” (*1/2 out of four) was an impenetratable underworld melodrama about two overzealous cops (Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn) who are suspended from the force and are in turn forced to become involved in the criminal underworld to stay afloat and make ends meet and they end up in a battle with a deadly criminal (MIchael Jai White) as they find their careers and lives in the crossfire. Impossibly long and leaden story moves like molasses at times and provides few sparks and thrills, and a waste of a strong cast. Not all that different from the Tupac/James Belushi thriller “Gang Related” which was meaner and (much) leaner. Many critics praised this film but I’m not one of them.

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