Red Corner


An American lawyer, in China to sell some TV programs to them, gets arrested for murder after a very beautiful, very naked and very dead Chinese woman is found in his hotel room. But these days, one man against the world is not enough, he needs a woman by his side.. and he gets a smart Chinese woman lawyer, who is very beautiful and very clothed (well, initially anyway). Naturally the American government abandons him, leaving him to rely entirely on his lawyer.

119 minutes.
No persons under 13 .
Thriller, Crime, Drama

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

What do you mean, you won
What do you mean, you won't show me your briefs?

Credits

Cast
Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann, Peter Donat
Director
Jon Avnet
ScreenplayRobert King
MusicThomas Newman
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in1997
Produced byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Avnet/Kerner Productions

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus
Gary van Dyk		10
The Cape Times
Wilhelm Snyman		15
The Star
Peter Feldman		10
Die Burger
Herman Wasserman		5
Sunday Times
William Pretorius		5
TV2 Leon at the Movies
Leon van Nierop		10
eye Weekly
Tom Lyons		5
Box Office
Melissa Morrison		5
Film Review
James Cameron-Wilson		5

What the People say

Internet
177 Netizens		12

Average .. 41%

8

Visitor Ratings

Scale (Max)20
Laetitia Loubser 14
Bruce Humphrey 16
Paul van der Westhuizen 16

Average .. 77%

15

Visitor Comments

Bruce Humphrey: I found this movie to be much better than I expected. Reminiscent of the movie ''Midnight Express'' except that the culture in China is different from that of Turkey. As in Turkey, the government of China is depicted as dictatorial, corrupt and arrogant. A great deal of the atmosphere was created through the clever use of the audience hearing only the translated proceedings through the speakers (as did the main character (played by Richard Gere)) through his translator and earphones. Whenever something said is considered inappropriate, the translated sound is deliberately cut off from our ''earphones''. Whatever the politics is behind it, I found the movie entertaining, thought provoking and very well acted.

Paul van der Westhuizen: Brilliant performance by Richard Gere! One of his best.






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