
Nick Chen is one of New York City's most martial police officers and the first Chinese-born immigrant on the force. Chen's job is to keep the peace in Chinatown from a turf war that has broken out between the Triads and the ruthless, and dangerous Fukienese Dragons. Chen teams up with Danny Wallace, who is terribly unaware of this situation. When the Tongs boldly attempt to bribe Wallace, Chen is forced to keep his faithfulness.... (Full plot summary below)
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Nick Chen is one of New York City's most martial police officers and the first Chinese-born immigrant on the force. Chen's job is to keep the peace in Chinatown from a turf war that has broken out between the Triads and the ruthless, and dangerous Fukienese Dragons. Chen teams up with Danny Wallace, who is terribly unaware of this situation. When the Tongs boldly attempt to bribe Wallace, Chen is forced to keep his faithfulness.
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| San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamThe Corruptor' quickly turns into a good bad-cop drama of fascinating moral complexity. |
| TNT's Rough CutChristopher BrandonThe Corruptor is as close as Hollywood's going to get to copying Hong Kong action style! |
| Matinee MagazineChuck RudolphA memo to Chow Yun-Fat: Get back to Hong Kong on the double! |
| Film.comTom KeoghA half-hearted photograph of the real thing. |
| Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisThe movie may be a conventional story of police corruption, temptation and conflicting loyalties, but it never loses its smarts. |
| San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoFrom Juan Ruiz-Anchia's florid, eruptive photography to the pinpoint editing by Howard E. Smith that enhances it, everyone involved with The Corruptor understands that action is the bottom line - except Chow. |
| Los Angeles TimesGene SeymourBeneath The Corruptor's explosive body count is a rock-solid, visually slick crime thriller set in the squalid netherworld of Manhattan's Chinatown. |
| Film ThreatRon WellsI don't know if this movie could have been made with anyone but Chow Yun-Fat. As Chen, he finally is allowed to display the nervous energy and Eastern rhythms we associate with his Hong Kong work. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIt aspires to greater moral ambiguity than the average crime thriller, and if it doesn't entirely succeed it nevertheless avoids the lazy moral bankruptcy of movies like "Lethal Weapon 4." |
| Washington PostDesson HoweIf you're in the mood for loud, fast-moving action trash, The Corruptor is waiting to meet you in a dark alley. |