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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSan Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamThe Corruptor' quickly turns into a good bad-cop drama of fascinating moral complexity.
- 80Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsI don't know if this movie could have been made with anyone but Chow Yun-Fat. As Chen, he finally is allowed to display the nervous energy and Eastern rhythms we associate with his Hong Kong work.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBeneath The Corruptor's explosive body count is a rock-solid, visually slick crime thriller set in the squalid netherworld of Manhattan's Chinatown.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliAn interesting plot element or two and a stylish visual approach can't save James Foley's The Corruptor from coming across as a run-of-the-mill cop movie.
- 60Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThere's tenderness, humor, a gratuitous body double, and splashy lighting in this ho-hum action drama, which takes itself at times too seriously and at other times not seriously enough.
- 60EmpireEmpireOkay, it may not be Shakespeare, but it's a welcome bonus, for neither Chow or Wahlberg looks out of place in crossfire that would likely leave trained military personnel shell-shocked.
- 50Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerThe trite story has plenty of distasteful moments, but Wahlberg and Yun-Fat justify their growing reputations as capable Hollywood actors.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversWhat you get in this cop drama is NYPD Blue lite. That's not bad. In fact, it's compulsively watchable. But there are no leaps, just fits and starts.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThough Foley is adept at handling the action, the film is a grim washout peppered with too many earnest, good-cop/bad-cop conundrums and not enough solid police work.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe director is James Foley, who is obviously not right for this material.