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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Robert Pucci (written by)
Release Date:
12 March 1999 (USA)
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Tagline:
If you have a secret, he knows it. If you have a weakness, he exploits it. If you have anything good in you, he destroys it... more
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 the policeman. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
The Forces Is With D'Works
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 23 March 1999)
Meanwhile, Back At The Box Office...
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 22 March 1999)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 23 March 1999)
Meanwhile, Back At The Box Office...
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 22 March 1999)
User Comments:
Misunderstood - A Great Film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Yun-Fat Chow | ... | Nick Chen (as Chow Yun-Fat) |
 | Mark Wahlberg | ... | Danny Wallace |
 | Ric Young | ... | Henry Lee |
 | Paul Ben-Victor | ... | Schabacker |
 | Jon Kit Lee | ... | Jack |
 | Andrew Pang | ... | Willy Ung |
 | Elizabeth Lindsey | ... | Louise Deng |
 | Brian Cox | ... | Sean Wallace |
 | Byron Mann | ... | Bobby Vu |
| Kim Chan | ... | Benny Wong |
| Bill MacDonald | ... | Vince Kirkpatrick |
| Susie Trinh | ... | Amy San |
| Ho Chow | ... | Black Eyes |
| Olivia Yap | ... | Tai |
| Lynda Chiu | ... | Kim |
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality.
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Runtime:
110 min
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Color (DeLuxe) (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (certificate #36007) |
Iceland:16 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Germany:18 |
Philippines:R-18 |
Germany:16 (cut) |
Netherlands:12 (cut TV version) |
Australia:MA |
France:-12 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:M18 |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:18
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Trivia:
Kim Chan plays a crime-lord named Benny Wong nicknamed Uncle Benny. Chan also played a crime-lord nicknamed Uncle Benny in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998).
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Miscellaneous: Before shooting out the tires on the red vehicle, the 2 officers unload dozens of pistol and shotgun rounds towards the approaching vehicle. NYPD does not authorize firing at a moving vehicle when the vehicle alone is being used as a weapon. Also, with pursuing Patrol Cars behind the red vehicle, they were essentially firing at other officers.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) (TV)
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Touch It
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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 esque ala The Killer and the blind girl.
This film is a character study of Nick Chen and Danny Wallace (played very well by Mark Wahlberg) as cops that must make decisions that may compromise their professional and personal integrity, but the lines drawn are not as simple as that. The film really asks people under what circumstances is it okay to bend the rules in order to achieve results that otherwise would not be possible? Would it be okay to let one guilty person go in order to catch ten more in the future? Would it be okay to convict one innocent person in order to catch a thousand guilty in the future?
Danny Wallace joins Nick Chen in the Chinatown task group. Danny is forced to ask himself whether the short term actions, and their moral implications, are worth the long term good of the force, himself, and his family.