The Corruptor

The Corruptor is a crime thriller set in New York's Chinatown, where veteran police lieutenant Nick Chen has spent years keeping a fragile peace, aided by ties to Chinese organized crime that helped his own career. When a war breaks out between rival gangs, Chen is assigned a new partner: Danny Wallace, an idealistic young officer who initially has little sense of the power and influence his new boss wields. As the two work to contain the violence, Danny comes to depend on Nick while growing uneasy about his methods.

The film was directed by James Foley, released in 1999 as the seventh of the ten features listed in his filmography, following The Chamber and preceding Confidence. The screenplay is by Robert Pucci, produced by Dan Halsted, and the cast is led by Chow Yun-fat as Nick Chen and Mark Wahlberg as Danny Wallace, with Byron Mann, Kim Chan, Ric Young and Paul Ben-Victor among the supporting players.

Made for a budget of 25 million dollars, the film took about 15 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.1 out of 10 from roughly 20,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.1 out of 10 from around 325 votes. A critics' rating of 5.9 out of 10 from 48 reviews places it close to those audience scores.