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The Corruptor

Action. Thriller A New York police officer (Wahlberg) goes undercover in a dangerous crime scene to investigate abductions and drug-trafficking operations. He obtains backup with the help of another brave Hong Kong police officer (Yun-Fat) who works for the NYPD. They partner up together to stop the operation before the city goes down. The criminal orginization is called the "Fukanese Dragons" who are likely terrorists and illegal immigrants who are ... [+]
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SFGATE
SFGATE
"'The Corruptor' quickly turns into a good bad-cop drama of fascinating moral complexity"  POS
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
'The Corruptor' manages to make a meat-and-potatoes action flick into a cunning little meditation on personal loyalty and situational morality" POS
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"After a sensational beginning, the movie loses its way in the late going and somehow doesn't deliver" NEU
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
"A rock-solid, visually slick crime thriller set in the squalid netherworld of Manhattan's Chinatown." POS
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Time Out
Time Out
"It aspires to greater moral ambiguity than the average crime thriller, and if it doesn't entirely succeed it nevertheless avoids the lazy moral bankruptcy of movies like 'Lethal Weapon 4.'"  POS
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"The movie may be a conventional story of police corruption, temptation and conflicting loyalties, but it never loses its smarts."  POS
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