Con la ayuda de un policía neoyorquino, un importante policía inmigrante intenta detener el tráfico de drogas y la corrupción de las tríadas chinas inmigrantes, pero las cosas se complican c... Leer todoCon la ayuda de un policía neoyorquino, un importante policía inmigrante intenta detener el tráfico de drogas y la corrupción de las tríadas chinas inmigrantes, pero las cosas se complican cuando las tríadas intentan sobornar al policía.Con la ayuda de un policía neoyorquino, un importante policía inmigrante intenta detener el tráfico de drogas y la corrupción de las tríadas chinas inmigrantes, pero las cosas se complican cuando las tríadas intentan sobornar al policía.
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- 1 nominación en total
- Phan Ho
- (as Pak-Kong Ho)
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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.
I went to see "The Corruptor" this past Saturday in HK. While it's not an especially good film, it's a solid piece of entertainment. Most importantly, it allows Chow Yun Fat to be Chow Yun Fat. Whereas he was stiff and tentative in "The Replacement Killers", in "The Corruptor" Chow burns up the screen. From the very first few seconds of his appearance in the movie you can see that "The Coolest Actor in the World" is back in form.
In fact, it's the acting that saves the movie. The story is a tired one, but Mark Wahlberg and especially Chow are charismatic and make their characters sympathetic. Chow also develops an onscreen chemistry w/ Wahlberg that was completely absent in his partnership w/ Mira Sorvino.
Because of it's uninspiring storyline, however, "The Corruptor" will probably still not make Chow a household name in America. But it will win him lots of new fans. Let's hope this upward trend in Chow's career continues w/ "Anna and the King".
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- TriviaKim Chan plays a crime-lord named Benny Wong nicknamed Uncle Benny. Chan also played a crime-lord, Ben Wong nicknamed Uncle Benny in Arma mortal 4 (1998).
- ErroresThe NYPD's 13th Precinct does not cover Chinatown, the 5th Precinct does. They worked out of the 15th precinct, not the 13th, and there is no longer a 15th precinct in NYC.
- Citas
Danny Wallace: The ends justify the means, Pops.
Sean Wallace: The ends is bullshit. The means is what you live with.
- Versiones alternativasGerman VHS release was cut by ca. 6 minutes to secure a "Not under 16" rating.
- ConexionesEdited into From the (Under)Ground Up: The Making of 'The Corruptor' (1999)
- Bandas sonorasCandy Perfume Girl
Written by Madonna, William Orbit (as William Wainwright) & Susannah Melvoin
Performed by Madonna
Courtesy of Maverick Recording Company/Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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- The Corruptor
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Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- USD 25,000,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 15,164,492
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 5,765,300
- 14 mar 1999
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 24,493,601
- Tiempo de ejecución
- 1h 50min(110 min)
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.39 : 1