His job is to keep the peace in Chinatown from a turf war that has broken out between the Tung Fung Benevolent Association tong and the Fukienese Dragons street gang.

The problem is complicated by the fact that he is also an informant for the Tongs under Uncle Benny Wong and his lieutenant Henry Lee.

Danny lied to Chen and the Asian Gang Unit by claiming that he had taken the job to gain his detective shield quickly.

Wallace and Chen inadvertently cross paths, throwing their initial trust for each other out the window and putting Lee's intentions into question.

It currently has a ranking of 49% on Rotten Tomatoes with a critic consensus that reads "This uninspiring cop thriller doesn't measure up to Chow Yun-Fat's Hong Kong work.

[4] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said, "Even when it's transplanted to the streets of New York's Chinatown, as The Corruptor is, the Hong Kong action genre has certain obligatory requirements.

It's a shame, actually, that he's even working in the genre since his gift is with the intense study of human behavior..."[5] The Corruptor grossed a total of $24,493,693 worldwide, including $15,164,492 in the United States and $9,329,109 in other territories.

[1] The soundtrack of The Corruptor features underground hip hop songs by artists including Mobb Deep, Spice 1 and Mystikal.