- Release Date: 1999
- Runtime: 110 min
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Mark Wahlberg, Ric Young, Paul Ben-Victor ... see all
- Director: James Foley
- 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... Read more
User Reviews
One of the better crime thrillers.
Jan 14, 2009
r_lopez93 - yahoo.com
Jan 14, 2009r_lopez93 - yahoo.com
Great!! The Corruptor is an amazing crime thriller that combines intense action and shocking twist that will have your jaw on the floor. The Corruptor stars Mark Wahlberg as Danny Wallace a rookie cop who works in the Asian Gang Unit,... Full review
crap yun fat sux
Aug 10, 2007
sandleristheman - yahoo.com
Aug 10, 2007sandleristheman - yahoo.com
mark wahlberg is the only reason anyone would watch this crap. chow yun fat is a terrible actor and anyone that likes him is an idiot.... Full review
"Good" movie
Jan 01, 2007
dallenf91 - yahoo.com
Jan 01, 2007dallenf91 - yahoo.com
overall it is a good movie. it starts with good interest but has a lot of sexuality, but a very entertaning movie overall, not much to say really but that.... Full review
Solid crime thriller
Oct 29, 2006
BroadswordCallinDannyBoy - imdb.com
Oct 29, 2006BroadswordCallinDannyBoy - imdb.com
Nick Chen is a tough as nails New York cop who works on both sides of the law. When a new rookie cop is assigned to his unit he sees how the local crime boss tries to corrupt him and... Full review
Chinatown
Sep 16, 2006
jotix100 - imdb.com
Sep 16, 2006jotix100 - imdb.com
New York's Chinatown is the background for this story about cops assigned to the area who are pursuing the Chinese gangs that operate within the neighborhood. Nick Chen, is a much admired cop who understands the people and the underground.... Full review
Not as Good as I had hoped...
Jul 31, 2006
afilmbymichaelmargetis - yahoo.com
Jul 31, 2006afilmbymichaelmargetis - yahoo.com
The title alone implies this action flick is hardcore. 'The Corruptor' it sounds like a movie that is going to be gritty, and not follow the sappy everyone wins formula most castrated cop films that are spun out of Hollywood turn... Full review
Great but a little slow
Jul 16, 2006
tinorod82 - yahoo.com
Jul 16, 2006tinorod82 - yahoo.com
This movie was quit well done. The action-squences were great. The storyline was most likely slow in the middle. I liked the beginning part of the movie more because it gets right to the action. This movie is sure not for... Full review
Mark Wahlberg Is A Great Actor
Sep 28, 2005
jmac33208 - yahoo.com
Sep 28, 2005jmac33208 - yahoo.com
Chow Yun-Fat & Mark Wahlberg Partners On The Police Force And They Are Trying To Solve Many Different Crimes And Put Away The People Behind The Killings Of Different Women That Are Found. It Is A Tale Of Police Corruption That... Full review
Misunderstood - A Great Film
Mar 13, 2005
letsroll - imdb.com
Mar 13, 2005letsroll - imdb.com
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... Full review
The Corruptor
Feb 18, 2005
nubz14 - yahoo.com
Feb 18, 2005nubz14 - yahoo.com
Mark Wahlberg's latest stinker, following the dreadful "The Big Hit," is an uninteresting, useless action drama that is as bad as its director. Sorry, Mr. Foley, but you lost my respect after "Fear." Thumbs down.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Sep 11, 2008Urban Cinefile
Wahlberg provides a good balancing act, bringing more to the character of a cop's son who fears ending up like his broken down old dad than was probably ever written on the page.
The good value extras include a fine commentary track featuring director James Foley, behind the scenes footage and original edits of some action sequences that were later trimmed to avoid the NC-17 rating.
... Full Review
| Mar 13, 1999The Movie Boy
It never failed: in every single scene in which the "bad guys" appeared, a repetitive, loud rap song would burst onto the soundtrack; I guess that was Foley's way of introducing them.
Bad Guy = rap music.
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| Mar 12, 1999San Francisco Chronicle
Like most of the guys pulling triggers in this movie, he's not there to be laughed at.
"The Corruptor" is an appropriate title for any movie that features Mark Wahlberg.
... Full Review
| Mar 12, 1999theglobeandmail.com
Action flick mixes grit with flashy style....True to the Asian style, the car chase and much else about The Corruptor is visually lively....The only slightly more expressive Wahlberg (he has the advantage of English as his first language) looks persuasively troubled.... ... Full Review
| Feb 23, 1999Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews
The action in this movie is quite violent for an american film.
Just saw "The Corruptor" on Saturday and thought you'd like to hear about it.
For a movie like this to work, it needs good acting from both the leads and we sure do get it.
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News
I'll say one thing about my frequent bouts with insomnia. They usually give me a chance to catch some great movies, which, as well all know, always seem to come on in the wee hours of the morning when most... ... Full Article
The Corruptor : Platinum Series
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2000-11-09
The Corruptor - Film Review
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1999-05-21
Its a shame director James Foley has never returned to the peak he reached with 1992s magnificent Glengarry Glen Ross and an even greater shame that bent-cop thriller The Corruptor merely continues his run of unremarkable big-screen offerings (Fear, The... ... Full Article
This was my first test screening ever, I've been to a press screening, and a preview, but not a test screening.But anyways tonight Wednesday August 12th was the first screening of The Corruptor starring Mark Wahlberg and Chow-Yun Fat. ... Full Article
Even when it's transplanted to the streets of New York's Chinatown, as ``The Corruptor'' is, the Hong Kong action genre has certain obligatory requirements.Low-angle shots of bad guys looming over the camera, for example. ... Full Article

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