It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

One of the first Mark Wahlberg action movies I've seen very good cast solid movie

People who are not aware of Chow Yun-Fat's legacy in Hong Kong consider him to be skilled in 'Kung-Fu', something they know from watching 'Bulletproof Monk and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon'..This is a complete fallacy. Chow Yun-Fat is not trained in any sort of martial arts, he started his career doing Dramas and playing romantic roles which of course were tied in with the epic gun fights, that created an entire genre of film, now known as 'Bloodshed'.Therefore, it was natural that Chow Yun Fat would look to expand his portfolio by conquering Hollywood, sadly that has not happened, instead he has travelled back and forth from Hollywood to Hong Kong as a shadow of an actor he once was, simply because the roles are not being given to him....Yet, the Corrupter; I felt, displayed Chow Yun-Fat's talents as an dramatic actor capable of going toe to toe with America's finest; he's suave, smooth, sexy and more importantly cool.The Corrupter is about a cop named Chen, who is one of the best in China Town; unfortunately he is given a new partner, Wallace (Mark Wahlberg) who needs guidance and is a little too 'green' for his own good. Wallace soon realises that in order to find criminals in China Town, you have to go to bed with them...make back alley deals; give something in order to receive something. The acting is of the highest calibre, every one gives a brilliant performance, but Chow rises above them all, even out-shining Mark, the action scenes are again brilliant.

Wahlberg was meant to play this role, which may be his best yet. It will be a cop movie classic, esp. with the realistic portrayal of Chinatown (I have lived near there in San Francisco for 14 years). Brutal, but honest, it shows the ubiquitous racism of all races. The Chinese Triads still exist in sex and drug smuggling. The "sweatshops" are somewhat better now, but the simpleminded racism still exists on all sides. Despite the usual snooty superciliousness of most critics, I thought the characters were quite well developed building up to a human aspect that the audience identifies with. It is true in San Francisco that cops in my city surrender to the inevitability of street crime in the poorer sections of the city.

Nick Chen is a tough as nails New York cop who works on both sides of the law. When a new rookie cop is assigned to his unit he sees how the local crime boss tries to corrupt him and Chen reconsiders his ethics. All the while a few twists and turns show who is really playing who.This is by no means a very original movie, especially for Chow Yun-Fat. His first American film, 'The Replacement Killers,' also was kind of a re-run, but what is there to say? He's good at this type of stuff.Just like 'The Replacement Killers' this film was also a flop at the box office and it is probably through its gritty and uncompromising tone. Yeah, there's action and intense shootouts, but it is not like 'Die Hard' or anything. Innocent people die, the ending isn't happy, but what matters is that the film isn't cheesy - it pulls no sucker punches or cheap thrills. It sticks to the characters while keeping the action secondary, but no less intense. The plot too is also pretty interesting and is a little more intricate than 'The Replacement Killers' or Chow Yun-Fat's cult hits from Hong Kong like 'Hard Boiled.' It is not quite a masterpiece of genre, but remains a solid crime thriller nonetheless. 8/10Rated R: strong violence, and profanity