The Corruptor
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| The Corruptor | |
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| Directed by | James Foley |
| Produced by | Dan Halsted |
| Written by | Robert Pucci |
| Starring | Chow Yun-Fat Mark Wahlberg Ric Young Byron Mann and Brian Cox |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | March 5, 1999 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Language | English / Cantonese |
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The Corruptor is a 1999 film that was produced by Dan Halsted, directed by James Foley, and the screenplay was written by Robert Pucci.
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[edit] Plot summary
The Corruptor (1999) is a police film starring Chow Yun-Fat and Mark Wahlberg. Nick Chen (Chow Yun-Fat) is one of New York City's most martial police officers and the head of the Asian Gang Unit. Chen's job is to keep the peace in Chinatown from a turf war that has broken out between the Tong Triads and the ruthless and dangerous Fukienese Dragons. Chen teams up with Danny Wallace (Wahlberg), who is terribly unaware of this situation. Eventually, Wallace begins to work for Henry Lee (Ric Young) of the Tongs after discovering that Chen has been doing the same. They inadvertently cross paths while doing this, throwing their initial trust for each other out the window as well as putting the intentions of Henry Lee into question. Chen hates the Fukienese with a passion, but neither him nor Wallace know that Henry Lee is secretly forming a partnership with their head leader Bobby Vu (Byron Mann). While this is occurring, Chen and Wallace have to help keep the streets safe while fueling their own greed and corruption.
[edit] Cast
- Chow Yun-Fat - Lieutenant Nick Chen
- Mark Wahlberg - Detective Danny Wallace
- Byron Mann - Bobby Vu
- Kim Chan - Benny Wong
- Ric Young - Henry Lee
[edit] Soundtrack
The soundtrack of The Corruptor features underground hip hop songs by artists including Mobb Deep, Spice 1 and Mystikal. The original score for The Corruptor contains music composed by Carter Burwell.
[edit] Trivia
- Originally when Yun-Fat's character found out that Wahlberg was IA, he tore apart a bathroom. Yun-Fat thought this was a decidedly Western reaction, and the breathing technique was opted instead.
- The car chase was trimmed to avoid an NC-17 rating. It is featured uncut on the New Line DVD.
- Originally, Mei was supposed to be performing oral sex on Henry Lee when Nick Chen had the discussion with him in the bathhouse. This was changed to feeding him grapes when Yun-Fat said that Chen would not continue a relationship with her after witnessing this act.
- The film was shot mostly in New York, with scenes also filmed in Toronto.
- There is no major female role played in the film, and thus no love story to sidetrack from the film's main story.
- The Fukienese Dragons is a real crime organization group, although some of the gangs that operate under the name are more juvenile in their nature. Only a few groups are as ruthless or as powerful as the ones depicted in the film.
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