Lurid titles like that have become a bit of a signature for B-movie maestro S. Craig Zahler.
Technically speaking, there arent a lot of people who actually dragged across concrete inDragged Across Concrete.
You dont have to like these guys and theyaremostly guys to enjoy the wallow either.

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The two cops are quickly suspended by their boss (Don Johnson, brief but excellent).
Kittles Henry Johns is just out, but hes forced back on the streets to provide for his family.
And when I say wait, I do mean wait.
That said, Zahler easily could have trimmed 20 minutes out of the film without losing anything.
With his weathered, rock tumbler rasp of a voice, Gibson gives his best performance in years.
If they ever remakeBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, hes a lock for the Warren Oates role.
It gives nothing away to say thatDragged Across Concretedoesnt end with the good guys winning.
There are no good guys.
But thank goodness that Zahlers doing everything in his power to prove that cliche wrong.A-
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