Despite a few unlikely plot developments, "The Corruptor" is compelling from start to finish
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The Corruptor (1999)
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Reviews Counted:45
Fresh:21
Rotten:24
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: This uninspiring cop thriller doesn't measure up to Chow Yun-Fat's Hong Kong work.
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Chow Yun-Fat is Nick Chen, a severe New York Chinatown cop who is having a tough time keeping peace on the streets after a turf war breaks out between the triads and a street gang. Mark Wahlberg is... [More]
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Reviews for The Corruptor
It's rote baloney, trotting out every dead-stupid cop-movie cliche in the book and doing it colorlessly.
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Top CriticThe movie's percussive action scenes hardly mask its lack of inspiration.
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The Corruptor is as close as Hollywood's going to get to copying Hong Kong action style!
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quite stale
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The bad messages this film sends out clearly outweigh the positive ones.
03/12/01
For some reason, American filmmakers have yet to figure out how to properly use Chow Yun-Fat.
01/01/00
The Corruptor proudly endorses every Asian stereotype in the book!
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A familiar landscape of cops, hookers, drugs, gambling and gunplay.
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Hard Boiled, directed by the master of the genre, director John Woo, is a cult favorite. The Corruptor isn't in that league.
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Top CriticThe Corruptor, despite good actors and a richly waxed enamel of style, is corrupt. The worm of old cliché twists in the dirty story.
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You probably can't blame Chow for The Corruptor. No way he could outmaneuver the director and the writers. The only thing in The Corruptor more catastrophic than the car chases is the script.
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Top CriticIntriguing characters and dramatic confrontations!
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A hyper violent, run of the mill crime drama!
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Half-hearted dishonesty, which the film barely attempts to conceal, turns out to be The Corruptor's true corruption.
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Bracingly chilly!
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Top CriticTake away all the flash and dazzle, and what you're left with in The Corruptor is a police procedural.
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Top CriticA very enjoyable movie!
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It boggles the mind why New Line actually had the nerve to waste millions of dollars on a piece of wretched trash like this.
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