With the aid from a New York City policeman, a top immigrant cop tries to stop drug-trafficking and corruption by immigrant Chinese Triads, but things get complicated when the Triads try to bribe the policeman. 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. The Corruptor is a film about New Yorks China town and the special police department who are there to put a stop to the extortion and illegal goings on there.The Problem is the cops are just a mixed up in the dirty dealings as the criminals. This is not a bad film at all , it is very violent and the body toll mounts up by the second.Is New York really like that?? The acting is good too . the only thing that really lets this film down is the unsatisfactory script, the film never really gets to where sets out to go. But dont let that put you off to much because apart from that it is Watchable. 6 out of 10 As far as buddy-buddy cop movies go, this is one of the worst that I have seen. This kind of film works only if the two leads work well together and you care for their relationship. Mark Wahlberg and Chow Yun-Fat did have good chemistry but the barriers placed in their way by the plot worked against them. After this film was over I felt empty, I had gained nothing from watching. However the film did keep my attention for the whole 110 minutes but only because I was waiting for something amazing to happen. Which didn't! Thankfully the two leads went on to do far better things for which I am more grateful for.<br/><br/>4/10 The Corruptor' quickly turns into a good bad-cop drama of fascinating moral complexity.
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