Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
You probably can't blame Chow for The Corruptor. No way he could outmaneuver the director and the writers. The only thing in The Corruptor more catastrophic than the car chases is the script.
– Bob Fenster,
Arizona Republic,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Take away all the flash and dazzle, and what you're left with in The Corruptor is a police procedural.
– Tom Maurstad,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A half-hearted photograph of the real thing.
– Tom Keogh,
Film.com,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
It's rote baloney, trotting out every dead-stupid cop-movie cliche in the book and doing it colorlessly.