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New Century of Cinema
DOWSE Guide to the
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by Tony Lee editor of
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The Corruptor
110 minutes (18) EV
Director: James Foley
review by Ian Shutter
Although he plays the villain of the title, Chow-Yun Fat eclipses
mock heroic co-star Mark Wahlberg in every scene in this formula, but nonetheless
classy, cop thriller. Set in New York's Chinatown, where the Asian Crimes Unit (led
by you know who) is failing to prevent a gang war between the old Chinese mafia don,
Uncle Benny, and fierce young rivals, for control of the district's Triad-maintained
rackets. There's a great five-minute car chase and running gun battle, which leaves
countless vehicles wrecked and dozens of bystanders dead or injured, and is quite the
most impressively staged urban action sequence I have seen for many a year. Themes of
loyalty, morality and trust underscore the straightforward plot about police
corruption and a joint FBI and Internal Affairs inquiry into Chinatown's crooks and
cops, and crooked cops, and escalating street violence. If you like Cimino's Year
Of The Dragon (and I know our editor does), this is for you!
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