Corruptor (1999):Features
- Release Date:
- Genre:
- Format:DVD
- Disc Aspect Ratio:
- 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
- MPAA Rating:R Restricted
- Runtime:1 hour 50 minutes
- Studio:New Line Home Video
- UPC:794043477621
- Number of Discs:1
- Disc Sides:1
- Production Year:1999
Nick Chen (Chow YunFat) was the first Chinese-born immigrant in the NYPD, and is now one of the force's most decorated officers. As such, he's been named leader of the city's Asian Gang Unit, who are the primary peacekeepers in Chinatown. Trouble has just arrived for the Triads, the long-entrenched Chinese gangsters who are the real power behind Chinatown. After years of posing as honest businessmen, the Triad's powers are threatened by the newly arrived Fukienese Dragons. With a gang war on the horizon, the city sends a new recruit, Danny Wallace (Mark Wahlberg), to join Chen's unit. Danny finds Chen and the AGU in a very comfortable (perhaps too comfortable) relationship with the Triads. When the mobsters attempt to corrupt Danny, Chen must reassess his relationship with the Triads, and Danny must also learn that certain concessions must be made to ensure the peace in this world set apart from the rest of New York. ~ Ron Wells, All Movie Guide
- Special Features
- Widescreen version of the film
- Feature-length commentary by director James Foley
- Music video: UGK "Take It Off"
- Original theatrical trailer
- Cast and crew biographies and filmographies
- "From the [Under] Ground Up: The Making of The Corruptor"
- DVD-ROM features: script-to-screen, read or print the screenplay
- Up-to-the-minute information on every cast and crew member with web links
- Region1
- Languages
- Unknown
- Display Format
- Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
- Audio
- 5 full-range channels. Includes 3 for the front speakers, 2 surround channels for rear speakers, & 1 low-frequency effects (LFE) channel to carry deep bass effects
- PCM stereo
- Chapters
- Side #1 --
- 0. Scene Selections
- 1. Logos/Credits [2:42]
- 2. Chinatown War [:13]
- 3. A Bad Deal for the Fukienese [:37]
- 4. Welcome to A.G.U. [:30]
- 5. The Ginza Raid [:28]
- 6. A Bust for Wallace [2:13]
- 7. Henry Lee [1:26]
- 8. Another Victim [:29]
- 9. Family Business [:02]
- 10. An Exchange of Information [1:26]
- 11. A Gift for Wallace [2:27]
- 12. Heavy Traffic [1:09]
- 13. Enter the Feds [:29]
- 14. Henry's Deal [:51]
- 15. Plums and Peaches [2:29]
- 16. Benny Wong Cuts a Deal [:09]
- 17. A Little Help From Nick [1:28]
- 18. Wallace's Secret [2:36]
- 19. The Snare Is Set [1:07]
- 20. Nick Learns the Truth [2:15]
- 21. The Shipyard [1:15]
- 22. Final Honor [1:24]
- 23. End Credits [1:01]
- 1. Introduction/Gang Activities in New York/I Felt That We Wanted Solid Ground/Chow Yun-Fat Served as Asian Sensibility/Internal Lo
- 2. The Explosion at the Bakery/Working With a Famous Television Announcer
- 3. In the First Scene With Yun-Fat/Yun Fat's Hong Kong Movies/The Scene in the Lamp Shop Has Been Cut/The Guy Who Plays Jack Storme
- 4. When I Read the Script I Wasn't Aware of Yun-Fat
- 5. Casting of the Gang Members/Big Challenge
- 6. The Visual Introduction of Characters/Mark Walks In
- 7. Pushing My Imagination/Intersecting With Reality/Drama of the Light/The Orchestration of Movement/Expressive Body and Camera Mov
- 8. Not Interested in Genre/Firepower Is Horrific and Scary
- 9. Idea Behind Using Narrow Spaces
- 10. Revelation and Mystery About Mark/Filmmaker Suggestions
- 11. Ric Young as Henry Lee/Giggling Corruptor/Director Shapes, Not Originate
- 12. Red Hair Jack and 80's Chinatown Teens/Melancholy and Sadness
- 13. Yun-Fat Sterilizes His Gun/Yun-Fat as a Classic Clown
- 14. The Father Son Relationship/Brian Cox the English Actor/Hot Fudge Factor
- 15. Mixing Sets and Locations
- 16. May Was Naked, Scene Was Changed/Chow Yun-Fat as Asian Consultant
- 17. Depiction of Bobby Vu/Believability of the Character/Rules of the Villains/Mark Accepts Henry Lee Tip/Good Cop Character
- 18. White Cops Working in Chinatown/Mark's Reward Scene as a Cop/Chow Yun-Fat's Regard
- 19. Getting Drunk Scene/Bonding/It Is All About Transitions/Unresolved Scenes
- 20. From Toy Cars to Car Chases/Pedestrians Being Shot/Interrogation Scene Technical Difficulty for the Wounds
- 21. Paul Ben-Victor, the FBI Agent, Is the 3rd Wheel
- 22. Chow Yun-Fat in Mark's House/Remembering Who People Are Visually
- 23. Hospital Room Design/Lights Suggesting Dark World/Dramatic Use of Sound/Editing as Sculpture/Building on Previous Scene Before R
- 24. Eating Plums/Revelation by Yun-Fat Is Liberating/Wants to Share/Lady Sucking Bobby Vu's Nipple/Bad Guys Set/Use of Rap Music/Gon
- 25. MPAA Cutting Violent Scenes/The Actress Who Slept All the Time
- 26. Mark's Final Revelation/Mark's Father Tells His Version/Yun-Fat Lets Loose/Themes of Forgiveness and Caretaking
- 27. Son's Of Corrupted Fathers/Themes in Character Driven Films/Chinese Breathing Technique
- 28. Structure of the Movie/Resolution Challenge/Lights and Narrow Spaces/Real Life Resolution/Funerals
- 29. Final Thoughts: My Favorite Hollywood Movies/The Visualization of the World of the Corrupter/Showing the World Through Your Own
- 1. I Specifically Wanted to Record Today/What'll I Do Next?
- 2. Why I Want to Work With Actors
- 3. Creating Pops/Pushing the Reality
- 4. Going to the Movies/Movie Reflecting Artificial World/"A Place in the Sun"/Action Divorced From the Story
- 5. A Line Cut Out in the Massage Room
- 6. My Way to Approach the Violence/The Weird World of Foley Cinema
- 7. Continuity Is Poetry More Than Science/Any Film Has a Number of Mistakes
- 8. Mark's "Necklace" Is a Secret
- 9. Sense of Place/The Importance of Geography in Movies
- 10. Mrs. Wong Murdered: Scene Cut Out/Why MPAA Cuts Are Bugging Me/Impure Thoughts
- 11. About Mark Wahlberg
- 12. The Score
- 0. 5.1 Isolated Music Cue Index
- 1. Opening Credits "The Corruptor"
- 2. 1M 2 "News Report"
- 3. 1M 3 "Lamp Store Shoot Out"
- 4. 1M 4b "Jack"
- 5. 1M 7 "Panty Raid"
- 6. 1M 8 "Ginza Shooting"
- 7. 1M 10 "They Drive"
- 8. 2M 11 "Drug Raid"
- 9. 2M 14 "Dumpster"
- 10. 2M 15 "The Old Man"
- 11. 2M 16 "Walace Relents"
- 12. 2M 18 "Beneath the Streets"
- 13. 3M 22/23 "Death Drives Through Chinatown"
- 14. 3M 24/25 "Jail/FBI Warning"
- 15. 4M 26 "Henry's Office"
- 16. 4M 27 "He Takes the Hook"
- 17. 4M 28 "A Plum"
- 18. 4M 31/32 "You're A1/Wiring Up"
- 19. 5M 36 "Chen Betrayed"
- 20. 5M 37 "To the Ship"
- 21. 5M 38/6M 38-39 "Bowel of the Ship/Human Cargo/Chen Shot"
- 22. 6M 40 "Chen Is Dead"
- 23. 6M 42/End Credits "Funeral in Chinatown/Corruptoid/Oud Happy"
- 0. View Index
- 1. The Research: Beneath the Streets
- 2. The Cast: East Meets West
- 3. The Production: Action With Character
- 4. The Director: The Close-Up
- 1. The Car Chase: The Unedited, Unrated Version
- 2. The Marketing: Building the Trailer
- 2. The Stills Gallery: Production Design Studies and Production Stills
- Menu
- Side #1 --
- Play Movie
- Special Features
- Commentary by Director James Foley
- Play Commentary
- Commentary Index
- Additional Commentary Index
- Isolated Score
- Play Isolated Score by Composer Carter Burwell
- From the (Under)Ground Up: The Making of the Corruptor
- Play
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Cast & Crew
- Chow Yun-Fat
- Mark Wahlberg
- Ric Young
- Paul Ben-Victor
- Brian Cox
- Byron Mann
- James Foley
- Music Videos
- Play Video: UGK "Take It Off"
- Audio Options
- English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound)
- English (Stereo Surround Sound)
- Commentary
- Subtitles, English: On
- Subtitles, English: Off
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