The Corruptor
Directed by	James Foley
Produced by	Dan Halsted
Written by	Robert Pucci
Starring	Chow Yun-Fat Mark Wahlberg Ric Young Brian Cox
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	11 February 1999
Running time	110 min.
Language	English / Cantonese
IMDb profile

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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. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Chow Yun-Fat (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong, China) is a Hong Kong actor. ... Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and television producer, formerly known as rapper Marky Mark. ...

Cast

• Chow Yun-Fat - Nick Chen
• Mark Wahlberg - Danny Wallace
• Byron Mann - ' Bobby Vu
• Kim Chan - Benny Wong
• Ric Young - Henry Lee

Chow Yun-Fat (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong, China) is a Hong Kong actor. ... Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and television producer, formerly known as rapper Marky Mark. ... Byron Mann (born January 27, 1967 in Hong Kong) is a Chinese-American actor who has made films there and in Hollywood. ... Kim Chan is an actor and producer. ...

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.

Random Facts

• 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.

External links

• The Corruptor at the Internet Movie Database