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	Corruptor
		The Corruptor planned to loot New York with armies of ordinary citizens under his influence, but his scheme was again thwarted by Nova.
		The period of time under the Corruptor's influence is dependent upon the length of contact with the Corruptor's akin, and hence the amount of toxin that has been absorbed by the skin and reached the brain through the bloodstream.
		Through experimentation, the Corruptor has discovered that if a person is in a highly emotional state of mind he or she will remain under his influence for a far greater period of time, perhaps even for days.
	www.marveldirectory.com /individuals/c/corruptor.htm (564 words)

	City of Heroes Official Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Corruptor secondaries, on the other hand, are very, very different from one another, because some are focused on one kind of effect, some on another kind of effect, some on allies, some on mobs, etc. etc.
		The corruptor is different from the other roles because is it as combination of different classes.
		Corruptors are one of five ATs that do damage, but they are one of ONE AT that buffs/heals the team (with the exception of a FF mm but even that point is debateable).
	boards.cityofheroes.com /showflat.php?Number=4947597 (1719 words)

	Corruptor - City of Heroes/City of Villains Stratics - Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A specialist in dealing out massive ranged damage, the Corruptor is the primary ranged-attack class in City of Villains.
		Corruptors are not the most physically imposing class, but you more than make up for it in raw damage output.
		Fortunately, Corruptors have Scourge, a special ability that allows them to deal a critical final blow to already weakened enemies.
	coh.stratics.com /content/wiki/index.php/Corruptor?nocookies=1 (467 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: The Corruptor review
		The Corruptor is a much more complex and compelling film than Chow's previous American turn, the Replacement Killers, and I would rate it just behind my favorites among Chow's collaborations with John Woo, The Killer and Hard Boiled.
		The anamorphic widescreen transfer on this DVD, presenting the Corruptor in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of its theatrical release, is of the outstanding quality we've come to expect from New Line.
		The Corruptor sports a flat-fl colored and coarsely textured snapper case that has glossy fl Chinese symbols that are visible when looked at in the right light.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/corruptor.html (1339 words)

	City Of Villains - The Corruptor Archetype
		This is a good choice for a Corruptor that intends to play in a team, but will probably find himself soloing from time to time.
		The Radiation Corruptor, as with the Dark Corruptor, is virtually identical to its Defender counterpart.
		In a team, the Kinetic Corruptor will have to be careful not to knock his foes away from his teammates, spoiling their ability to defend themselves, but solo, the knockback can be very useful.
	www.phan.org /coh/subcorruptor.htm (1547 words)

	The Michigan Daily Online
		Wahlberg and Yun-Fat play New York City cops Daniel Wallace and Nick Chen, who are assigned to Chinatown; the former is the new guy assigned to the task force, while the latter is the grizzled, experienced hometown boy who resents the appearance of a white face in his office.
		Women are generally treated as second-class citizens in the movie, present only for pity or pleasure, although it's a bit of a nice reprieve to watch an action movie without a romantic subplot.
		In this season of heartwarming family dramas and screwball-with-a-twist comedies (and, of course, in this season of last year's leftovers), "The Corruptor" is a respite from the cloying and the peace-loving with its satisfying bang-bang philosophy.
	www.pub.umich.edu /daily/1999/mar/03-12-99/arts/arts2.html (619 words)

	Political Film Society - The Corruptor
		In The Corruptor, directed by James Foley, a war among rival gangs in New York’s Chinatown is in progress.
		The leader of one of the gangs, Henry Lee (played by Ric Young), who is The Corrupter in the story, has decided that the best way to eliminate his rivals is to provide what police officers want most—opportunities for them to make arrests, to have money in their pockets, and to enjoy good sex.
		During the film we find inevitable stereotypes about Chinese—that they are superstitious, that they are fiercely loyal, that all Chinese men are sexually out of control and all Chinese women are eager to serve their men, and that they are obsessed with money.
	www.geocities.com /~polfilms/corruptor.html (303 words)

	Illia's Everquest Bestiary
		Pally was destroying corruptor and had him down to 40% when out of nowhere he despawned.
		That is bs i was killing the Dark Elf corruptor and he dispawned as right as i landed the last blow now i have to restart the epic becuase of that bull sh*t
		The firepower mowed down the corruptor, and the Warrior had plenty of hp to kill the reavers while I looted the corruptor for the tome.
	eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com /search.shtml?id=6443 (2919 words)

	Review: The Corrupter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As pleasant as it is to see Chow Yun-Fat (Hard Boiled, The Replacement Killers) making inroads into the American market, his talents are largely wasted here, where little more is expected from him than that he stand around looking alternatively menacing and cool, and that he be able to fire a gun with aplomb.
		It runs a little too long and is prone to repetition, but those are hardly unusual traits for this type of motion picture.
		I didn't hate The Corruptor - in fact, there were some things I liked about it - but, as I walked out of the theater, I realized there was nothing memorable or lasting about anything I had seen in the last 110 minutes, and that's far from a praiseworthy observation.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/c/corruptor.html (689 words)

	DVD Review - The Corruptor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		New Line’s "The Corruptor" was Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-Fat’s second film in Hollywood and as opposed to "The Replacement Killers" he finally has a real speaking part.
		Clearly, a film like "The Corruptor" is not resting on the backs of its main stars alone, and both are supported by an incredible cast of actors who bring the film to life, turning it into a serious and realistic milieu study instead of a glossy action thriller.
		Dealing with the moral dilemma of corruption within the ranks of the Police, "The Corruptor" is filled with incredible plot twists and a mesmerizing finale, while the DVD shows that a lot of attention has been paid to details.
	www.dvdreview.com /reviews/pages/1023.shtml (1452 words)

	Incorruptible
		Pitted against each other by the Corruptor, Nick and Danny must unite one last time in a final battle against the vicious gangs that threaten to destroy both their city and their lives.
		Corruptor is Pure Mayhem, by Bruce Kirkland for the Toronto Sun.
		The Corruptor has a few interesting characters, & a few great scenes -- but these are interspersed with cringe-inducing macho dialogue ("You're not man enough to kill me!"), hilariously cheesy clichés ("It's my job"), and 30-second clips of loud rap music, seemingly inserted at random into the film.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/8907/tc.html (5415 words)

	DVD & Movie Reviews: The Corruptor
		Nick Chen is the much-decorated head of the Asian Gangs Unit in New York and it is his job to make sure that gang violence is not only kept to a minimum, but that it doesn't spread out of Chinatown.
		Wallace is played by Mark Wahlberg and, while not having the same screen presence as his partner, he is the film's lightning rod to bring the ever-present temptations of organised crime out into the open.
		The Corruptor is action-filled and has more than its fair share of blood and guts, but it is so much more than a blazing-guns cop-flick.
	www.webwombat.com.au /entertainment/dvds/corrupt.htm (515 words)

	CNN - Review: 'Corruptor' follows cop suey recipe - March 19, 1999, 1999
		This kind of thing works best when it starts a bit slowly, then builds steam as we learn more and more about the characters' assorted obsessions (or fears, depending on what the director is trying to accomplish).
		But "The Corruptor" stops and starts so often, you begin to feel like you're watching "a bunch of scenes" instead of a fully-gelled movie.
		This might be considered charisma in some quarters, but I couldn't help feeling like I was watching an especially strange-looking fish, albeit one with a shoulder holster.
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Movies/9903/19/review.thecorruptors (832 words)

	Review - Corruptor (DVD) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The plot of The Corruptor is not simple, but director James Foley weaves it together almost seamlessly.
		This is one of the better crime-dramas to come down the pipe lately, and with a solid base in the rental market, it should firmly establish Chow Yun-Fat in America.
		The Corruptor is what the Replacement Killer wanted to be, and should have been, it scores a 7.
	fitprod.com /corruptor.html (822 words)

	The Corruptor Reviews
		The Corruptor promises a mix of Hong Kong style action with a gritty New York cop drama, and it partially delivers each.
		/The Corruptor/, Chow Yun-Fat's second and latest American effort is better than the first, /The Replacement Killers/, in terms of plot and character development but is lacking in terms of action and pacing.
		"The Corruptor" is a mixture of Hong Kong arcade-action cinema and Sydney Pollack-esque New York crime drama, and what's surprising is that the hybrid seems to work.
	www.killermovies.com /c/thecorruptor/reviews (703 words)

	DVD Review: Corruptor
		A police drama starring Chow Yun-Fat and Mark Whalberg, "The Corruptor" stars Hong Kong action film legend Yun-Fat as Nick Chen, a tough, streetwise cop in Chinatown.
		The level of violence in the picture becomes a little disturbing as well(and there were already edits in the violence to bring the picture's rating to an R from a NC-17.).
		"The Corruptor" is a loud, agressive movie, but under all that noise is really nothing audiences haven't seen before.
	www.currentfilm.com /corruptordvd.html (1061 words)

	Nova #4 Series 1
		He calls himself The Corruptor and that his touch spreads that evil to all within reach.
		Meanwhile, The Corruptor has been watching the fight from the shadows.
		Thor confronts The Corruptor, who is holding a woman hostage.
	home.mchsi.com /~nova64/series1-4.htm (640 words)

	IGN: The Corruptor Review
		Sure, they both had moments that were pretty intense and well choreographed, but both ultimately proved to be pale imitations of the stuff that comes to us from across the seas.
		At least The Corruptor wasn't completely misrepresented as an action movie (Whereas The Big Hit was a comedy, but you never would have known that from the previews), so I'm not too upset.
		The Corruptor is, in my eyes, the model for the average DVD of the future.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/037/037139p1.html (1125 words)

	SPLICEDwire: "The Corruptor" review
		The film has a slick and polished urban look about it, and while director James Foley ("Fear," "The Chamber") has a skillful hand, large chunks of the film feel like stock footage, especially the numerous, generic transitional shots of city skyline accompanied by the heaviest of gangsta rap.
		Chow's broadly defined sense of personal ethics provide him constant internal conflict that drives the story once this conflict surfaces, the turmoil dancing across his face even as his character tries to appear unaffected.
		It's a reflection on the thought that went into making "The Corruptor" something more than a bullets and bad guys and it's the kind of intelligent, deeper-than-expected film Chow is famous for.
	www.splicedonline.com /99reviews/corruptor.html (640 words)

	DVD REVIEW: "THE CORRUPTOR"
		Although the title "The Corruptor" is named for the various forms and forces of corruption commonly found in inner-city police departments -- or at least as portrayed in the movies -- the filmmakers probably should have called this one "The Squib Master."
		In film parlance, a "squib" is a small explosive device commonly deployed to simulate the effects of gunfire, whether such impact occurs in bodies, walls, cars, etc..., and is used to give that "realistic" effect of a bullet (or bullets) piercing, shattering or basically blasting something (or someone) to bits.
		About as violent as they come and with enough gunfire for several action films, "The Corruptor" is yet another release where more attention was apparently paid to staging elaborate shoot 'em up scenes than delivering an original or entertaining story, characters, or overall film.
	www.screenit.com /dvd/1999/the_corruptor.html (824 words)

	'The Corruptor' (R)
		n "The Corruptor," the Americanization of Chow Yun-Fat is proceeding smoothly.
		"Corruptor" is considerably richer than Chow's first American flick, "The Replacement Killers." He showed his potential then; he blooms now.
		It changes you." But if you're in the mood for loud, fast-moving action trash, "The Corruptor" is waiting to meet you in a dark alley.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/movies/reviews/corruptorhowe.htm?movieslede=y (581 words)

	THE CORRUPTOR - PLATINUM SERIES DVD
		His coverage works for the setpieces, such as Chow's first gunfight (masterfully executed), or the extremely violent car chase that erupts from nowhere at the midway point, but it's too portentous a style for the hush-hush conversations elsewhere in the picture.
		Picture quality is customarily outstanding, given the studio, though I did find reds (and sometimes yellows and blues) to be a tad oversaturated at times, especially in the opening sequence, when the Fukinese Dragons exit their candy apple sportscar to inflict harm on a shopkeeper.
		He confesses he's not a fan of the Hong Kong action genre--if he were, The Corruptor might've been more playful for it.) Curiously, one can access from the creative animated menus "additional commentary" from Foley--I guess he couldn't squeeze in all he wanted to say into a two-hour slot.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/corruptor.htm (1087 words)

	The Corruptor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mind Control Touch: Mn potent psychoactive chemical that, upon con tact with another person’s skin, triggers a metabolic change that overrides the inhibition center of the brain.
		As a result, the victim is very susceptible to the Corruptor’s suggestions, or left to his or her own volition, will act in a highly uninhibited, selfish, or immoral manner.
		-The period of time under the Corruptor’s influence is dependent upon the length of contact with the Corruptor’s skin, and hence the amount of toxin that has been absorbed by the skin and reached the brain through the bloodstream.
	www.angelfire.com /comics/benriely/corruptor.html (155 words)

	The Corruptor
		Another benefit for him here is that he gets to cut loose with an abundance of attitude as well as showcase his ability for comical expressions which have always been great assets for him throughout so many of his past glories.
		As is to be expected, 'The Corruptor' is not completely faultless and the most irritating factor involved would have to be that the majority of the Chinese characters have some sort of serious flaws in their ethics.
		In conclusion, 'The Corruptor' is an enjoyable film that stands up to repeat viewings and is far superior to Chow's previous introduction to an international audience.
	www.dragonsdenuk.com /reviews/corruptor.htm (891 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat > Media > Print > The Incorruptible Corruptor
		Even fifty feet away, there’s no mistaking the man or the smile; the air is so thick with charm and charisma that it almost takes on a life of its own.
		Like his most popular Hong Kong characters, Chow’s NYPD detective Chen is a tainted hero in search of a soul, a Chinatown cop whose reliance on favoritism from Triad organized crime bosses seems to have hopelessly distorted his sense of morality.
		Q: Which brings us to The Corruptor, which is very much in keeping with your persona - you’re heroic, but still deeply flawed.
	www.templeofchow.com /interviews/99_IC.html (1688 words)

	The Corruptor Movie Review by Anthony Leong
		While these issues weigh heavily on the character of Nick Chen, the script lays them out in such a way that there is very little sense of urgency and little indication of the toll that they take on him.
		In simplest terms, "The Corruptor" is your prototypical 'buddy cop' movie.
		John Woo has an inherent sense of timing and camera placement in order to artfully capture the grace of an action scene-- in "The Corruptor", Foley never seems to have the camera pointed in the right place or times his edits too quickly.
	www.mediacircus.net /corruptor.html (1058 words)

	The Corruptor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Corruptor opens as a standard buddy cop flick, with rookie Danny Wallace (Mark Wahlberg) being assigned to the Asian Crime Unit under the reluctant tutelage of Nick Chen (Chow Yun-Fat).
		The Corruptor does manage to throw in an interesting twist or two, but it wraps things up a bit too neatly...robbing the characters of the opportunity to make a tough moral decision.
		The action sequences of The Corruptor wouldn't be terribly compromised if viewed on the small screen...a place where the cop drama elements would seem right at home.
	www.cinematter.com /movie.php3?corrupter (476 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review: The Corruptor (1999)
		Unfortunately, the style of the former film is replaced in "The Corruptor" with generic, deadeningly boring shoot-outs, and in place of Sorvino is the less-talented Mark Wahlberg who, like everyone else, sleepwalks through his role.
		That's the highly "intricate" story of "The Corruptor," which could have saved a lot of people the time and money if the filmmakers had realized this exact same premise has been done so many times before, and better, that it was pointless to make it again.
		Not only are we not given the chance to know the villains by name, but I was never really sure exactly what their goal was, except that there was an on-going war between the two gangs.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/c/99_corruptor.htm (795 words)

	The Corruptor (USA 1999)
		On some level, Nick realizes that by shaking hands with the devil he's damned his very soul, but the film also makes it clear that Nick's saved countless lives in the process.
		Such is the dilemma of James Foley's excellent 1999 film, The Corruptor, an overlooked morality tale which is often erroneously written off as a mere John Woo wannabe.
		Though The Corruptor ties things up rather neatly by story's end, the questions about "heroism" remain for the viewers and the characters themselves.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /panasia/corruptor.htm (529 words)

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