The Corruptor Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 12995

Average Rating: 2.3/4

# of Ratings: 19

Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/1999

Language: English

Genre: Action, Crime

MPAA Rating: R

Director: James Foley

Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Mark Wahlberg, Brian Cox, Ric Young, Paul Ben-Victor, Jon Kit Lee

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Indyfreak - wrote on 10/05/2022

Basically it is the movie ‘Training Day’ only set in Chinatown. Chow Yun-Fat is cool as the dirty cop taking a rookie (Wahlberg) under his wing. There’s a tense car chase that is pretty well staged. The mood is sleazy and no one can be trusted. As grimy as things get, you really buy the friendship formed between the two leads.

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Yojimbo - wrote on 07/08/2012

Another of Chow Yun Fat's decent but unspectacular early forays into Hollywood, it has a nice gritty feel and an interesting culture clash backdrop. Not up to the standard of his HK films, but a creditable cop thriller.

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MovieAddict - wrote on 11/17/2013

Comparisons with The Replacement Killers are inevitable but if you’re a Chow Yun Fat or a Mark Wahlberg's fan then you'll probably want to see this movie.

Danny Wallace, played by Mark Wahlberg, is transferred to the Fifteen Precinct in Chinatown NY as part of a very secret internal affairs investigation. At first he is rejected for being the white rookie cop who is an outsider with no knowledge of Chinese customs or culture but then a street smart, jaded Chinese undercover agent Nick Chen (Chow Yun-Fat) takes him under his wing and together they go after some vicious Chinese Kingpins whose trade is human trafficking, prostitution and gambling. The plot twists are plentiful and Chow Yun-Fat and Wahlberg are both superb in their roles and easily transcend the buddy cop formula for …

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