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Red Corner

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Hotshot American corporate lawyer Jack Moore (Richard Gere) travels to China, representing a U.S. entertainment conglomerate that is seeking to forge a satellite TV agreement. He has a one-night stand with a young Chinese woman and wakes up in the morning beside a corpse and surrounded by evidence that he murdered the woman. He manages to convince his attorney, Shen Yuelin (Bai Ling), that he's not guilty, and together they uncover hidden evidence of a labyrinthine plot targeting Moore.
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Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 1/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Susan Stark Detroit News Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Unconvincing courtroom thriller. Rated: C+ May 8, 2017 Full Review Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly Rated: 3/5 Nov 4, 2005 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 2/5 Sep 30, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Carol C I really enjoyed this movie.. it has meaning.. I see the deeper side of the Chinese communist system .. when someone gets accused … The ending that set the accused free and the certain gun shot in the court at the ending .. that wont happen in reality obviously… but it got a happy ending .. and I like that this movie doesn’t have nude scenes … I watched a few other Richard Gere’s movies .. they have too much kissing … bed scene .. nude … I like this one lots more as it focus more on the story Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/11/24 Full Review Jelisije J A very good entertaining flick where an innocent man is accused of murder by the government of China......lets just say we all know why this film got bad reviews. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/24 Full Review Steve D Some good acting and not much else. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Almost utterly forgettable. I had to watch clips of the movie to realize that I had watched it a few times when it was on a movie channel a few years back. As with all Richard Gere movies, he has very limited range... but if you like how he acted in one movie, you'll probably like how he acts in the rest. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Racist as fuck and politically overloaded but a good 90's crime mystery thriller if you can't speak mandarin? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review laurie s I thought this was a good movie, really exciting althought it began rather slowly. The way the primitive Chinese 'Kangeroo courts' operated seems to ring true. I liked the way the character developement took place which was how films should go. If Chinese mythology is to be believed then the participants in the diobolical human rights fiasco which takes place as a matter of course, as in Tiananmen Square as just one example, means they'll end up in Hell: Diyu is typically depicted as a subterranean maze with various levels and chambers, to which souls are taken after death to atone for the sins they committed when they were alive. The exact number of levels in Diyu and their associated deities differ between Buddhist and Taoist interpretations. Some speak of three to four "courts"; others mention "Ten Courts of Hell", each of which is ruled by a judge (collectively known as the Ten Yama Kings); other Chinese legends speak of the "Eighteen Levels of Hell". Each court deals with a different aspect of atonement and different punishments; most legends claim that sinners are subjected to gruesome tortures until their "deaths", after which they are restored to their original state for the torture to be repeated. If it was a Western Hell then Lucifer would be waiting with a red hot poker and we all know where that goes. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Hotshot American corporate lawyer Jack Moore (Richard Gere) travels to China, representing a U.S. entertainment conglomerate that is seeking to forge a satellite TV agreement. He has a one-night stand with a young Chinese woman and wakes up in the morning beside a corpse and surrounded by evidence that he murdered the woman. He manages to convince his attorney, Shen Yuelin (Bai Ling), that he's not guilty, and together they uncover hidden evidence of a labyrinthine plot targeting Moore.
Director
Jon Avnet
Producer
Rosalie Swedlin, Charles Mulvehill, Jordan Kerner, Jon Avnet
Screenwriter
Robert King
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 31, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 28, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$22.4M
Runtime
2h 2m
Sound Mix
SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Flat (1.85:1)
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