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The Corruptor (1999)

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Overview

Director:
James Foley
Writer (WGA):
Robert Pucci (written by)
Release Date:
12 March 1999 (USA) more view trailer
Tagline:
You can't play by the rules when there aren't any. more
Plot:
With the aid from a NYC policeman, a top immigrant cop tries to stop drug-trafficking and corruption by immigrant Chinese Triads, but things complicate when the Triads try to bribe the policeman. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Misunderstood - A Great Film more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Yun-Fat Chow ... Nick Chen (as Chow Yun-Fat)

Mark Wahlberg ... Danny Wallace
Ric Young ... Henry Lee

Paul Ben-Victor ... Schabacker

Jon Kit Lee ... Jack

Andrew Pang ... Willy Ung
Elizabeth Lindsey ... Louise Deng

Brian Cox ... Sean Wallace

Byron Mann ... Bobby Vu
Kim Chan ... Benny Wong
Bill MacDonald ... Vince Kirkpatrick
Susie Trinh ... Amy San
Ho Chow ... Black Eyes
Olivia Yap ... Tai
Lynda Chiu ... Kim
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality.
Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Cantonese
Color:
Color (DeLuxe)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
USA:R (certificate #36007) | Germany:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:16 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Australia:MA | France:-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18
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Trivia:
The close-ups of Yun-Fat Chow shooting a criminal at point blank range with a small revolver (as in the opening, and massage parlor raids) were directly inspired by the famous photograph of a Vietnamese soldier committing an execution. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The NYPD's 13th Precinct does not cover Chinatown, the 5th Precinct does. more
Quotes:
Nick Chen: You don't change Chinatown, it changes you. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into From the (Under)Ground Up: The Making of 'The Corruptor' (1999) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Break It Down more

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20 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
Misunderstood - A Great Film, 13 March 2005
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Author: letsroll from Earth

The Corrupter is beset by expectations of Yun-Fat Chow in another John Woo flick. This isn't a John Woo flick (and I mean the old John Woo pre-American Studio), but it does evoke moments that are very John Woo/Yun-Fat Chow esque ala The Killer and the blind girl.

This film is a character study of Nick Chen and Danny Wallace (played very well by Mark Wahlberg) as cops that must make decisions that may compromise their professional and personal integrity, but the lines drawn are not as simple as that. The film really asks people under what circumstances is it okay to bend the rules in order to achieve results that otherwise would not be possible? Would it be okay to let one guilty person go in order to catch ten more in the future? Would it be okay to convict one innocent person in order to catch a thousand guilty in the future?

Danny Wallace joins Nick Chen in the Chinatown task group. Danny is forced to ask himself whether the short term actions, and their moral implications, are worth the long term good of the force, himself, and his family.

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