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Summary: Interesting to watch
Review: The Corruptor is an interesting movie.However, it has a convoluted storyline that is almost as chaotic as Natural Born Killers yet has not been pulled off in as clean or professional manner. The acting is mediocre and the shoot-outs gratuitous and many people may like the action, but the story is difficult to follow because there is no clean line defining who is good or bad or in between... Three Stars because it is a complete tale of betrayal and corruption yet could have used some better acting and more development for the plot. If you like action and guns, you should enjoy this movie. If you like a good plot and easy-to-understand character development, view at your own risk.
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Summary: IMAGINATIVE AND DIFFERENT
Review: The special features on this dvd are great. Someone has worked long and hard to come up with an individual format and it really works, thoroughly enjoyable.
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Summary: Great movie...
Review: There was a lot of hype when this movie came out about it being too "stereotypical" in it's portrayal of Chinatown...whatever. I just thought that this was an excellent movie about ...well, "corruption". Intrigues, a bit of action, and best of all: Chow Yun Fat. The classic "tough-guy-that-doesnt-look-like-a-tough-guy". Look...basically if you like a pretzel of a plot (twists, people), good characters, and intrigues then check out the Corruptor.
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Summary: everyone has a secret
Review: They say everyone has a secret. The Corruptor is a prime example of this saying because everyone in Chinatown is hiding something in this movie. Detective Nick Chen, played by international star Chow Yun-Fat, heads the Asian Crime Unit in his precinct. Chen is a decorated hero with many years on the force. He is also in the back pocket of Uncle Benny, the leader of the old-line gang in the city. Because of this he is fighting even harder to take down the Fukienese Dragons, a gang of young Chinese recently arrived to America. Adding to his problems Chen has a new cop in his unit, Mark Wahlberg plays Danny Wallace. Wallace is a rookie with his own secrets including a father who owes the Italian mob a large sum of money.
The Corruptor is fun! Any movie that starts off with an entire storefront exploding and the one "survivor" being gunned down as he comes out the door is bound to grab your attention. Many gunfights and chase scenes later you even realize there is a story here. Mark Wahlberg continues to improve as an actor though it is hard to think of him as anything other than "Marky Mark." Chow Yun-Fat is the main reason to see this movie. He was a star in China for many years before we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of him. His English has improved immensely from his first American movie, The Replacement Killers, and his charisma is at the level that it always has been. When Chow is on the screen it is hard to watch others and it will definitely be interesting to see him in the remake of The King and I with Jodie Foster.
James Foley directed this movie. It's not for everyone but if movies like Hard-Boiled and The Killer entertained you then check out The Corruptor. It's worth it!
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Summary: riveted
Review: this DVD is loaded , movie rocks. hard hitting crime-boiled action with bumpin' soundtrack...
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Summary: Impressive action, weak plot, bad acting
Review: This film has some impressive action scenes (as you'd expect from any Chow Yun flick), but the rest is full of cliches. I don't mind cliches as long as they're done well (not every film can re-invent the wheel), but in this case it is done with bad acting, with Chow Yun being the only notable exception. I still recommend it to Chow Yun fans, and the RC2 version of this DVD is packed with extras, the best of which is the uncensored car chase (a real BLOODbath!).
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Summary: A uniquely Chinese-focused American movie.
Review: This film seems to better represent the Chinese, Chow Yun Fat especially, in American film. Recent efforts by HK film stars have resulted in the terrible stereotyping that always takes place in Hollywood. Rushhour and Lethal Weapon 4 both made objects of their Chinese stars, Chan and Li, respectively. The Corruptor shows the respect neccesary of an actor like Chow Yun Fat, one of the finest and most prolific actors that has ever lived. It deals with the Chinese in a more mature way, almost as if previous knowledge is helpful in fully understanding the movie. The only problem with this movie is that Fat is better than it. No one can expect Foley to provide the action neccesary to impress an American audience that knows Fat, but in American action standards he does fine. The opening to the film is a very intense shoot-out in a Chinese lamp shop and later in the film a Chinese song is actually played as the prominent background music. The film's mood is dark and dramatic. A very well done film.
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Summary: Sleeper Hit Of Last Year. (See The Curruptor.)
Review: This film Starts out, Slow, Yet it builds in intensity, in the first 15 minutes, when were introduced to chow in the shop, almost immeadiatly, gunfights initiate,excellent cinematiography, very dark,and gritty film, amongst the best, cop thrillers, ever, chow yun fat, is coolness incarnate,he is the epitome of action, style,and finesse, the grace he uses when he fires off his heat, makes this film, amongst his best, but his best will never be toppled, i'm of course talking of "The Killer" Woo's Best Film, You have to see the style in it, to understand, no one comes close. - Woo's the only one, who can take chow yun fat, into the fullest effect. SEE THIS MOVIE!!!! The Saint. ~Michael Vincent.
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Summary: East meets west in an interesting mix of styles
Review: This is a Hong Kong action flick with a distinct taste of the west. The movie starts off with a bombing and small store shoot-out that is right out of John Woo's stylebook but then it under goes a change. The story starts taking over and it is one of intrigue within intrigue. There are great moments of action with two guns blazing and an unbelievable amount of bullets but the story becomes the main thing. This works as glue that a lot of Hong Kong movies don't have. There are long pauses of plot developments between double crossing bad guys that are a real change to what is a typical Hong Kong action flick. The director John Foley likes to place people in positions where they have to make critical decisions under pressure (At Close Range and Fear) and this is no exception. A caring cop caught up in a situation of corruption is under constant pressure to decide what is right. You are kept guessing as to his ultimate decision but the pressure is there under a dozen different situations. The sub-plots add to the texture of this movie and add to its richness. These side stories of the bad cop father in trouble, the interaction of rival Chinese gangs and his love of Asian culture are all parts of the puzzle that is Danny Wallace played by Mark Wahlberg. Foley knows Wahlberg from the direction of his acting breakthrough in Fear and uses him at what he does best, the confused tough guy with the sensitive agenda. (His latest movie "The Yards" is an example of what I mean). Nick Chen the experienced street cop played by Chow Yun-Fat is the perfect slightly crazy hard-hitting loner, who has embedded himself in the struggle of rival gangs in New York's Chinatown. There is no black and white here, only shades of gray, in a world of who is doing what to whom but like the cultural differences between East and West the relationships between individuals overcomes the hard facts of doing business on the street. A very good blend of the Hong Kong actions movie that was brought in by Chow Yun-Fat (if you hear the commentary that Foley never saw a Woo movie) and what Foley's image is for street life in New York. Coming from New York and living and working in Asia gives me insight into the homework that went into the making of this movie and I will say they did a very good job.
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Summary: Don't like this movie? Go read a book.
Review: This is a movie to watch over and over. Sweeping sound track, stunning video effects, I read some of the other reviews and assumed they were watch some other film. With bad guys you love to hate, flawed good guys you hate to love, and an FBI guy so disgusting you want to drop a car on him, if you can't find someone to love or hate in this film, stick to cartoons. Fucanese dragons made my blood boil every time they stutted their sneering faces across the screen. I cheered every one oficer Chen took out. I can't get enough of this film, I can't seem to stop watching and listening to it. I think that is the key. The sound track carries your emotions so well through the visual treat and savy scene cuts. The high overhead shots continue to point out just how pointless it all was, but we watch the cast struggle through it all. Temptation provided at a level no red blooded man could resist. Boy did I want a rub down as I listened to "Candy Perfume Girl". Watch this film. Watch it often and loud. Don't worry about the volence and blood, it's just a movie and nobody "really" gets hurt. Just enjoy the thrill of one of the best chase scense ever filmed. My thanks to everyone involved. You have given me many hours of enjoyment and escape from a world too often not worth watching.
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