The Corrupted

Name: The Corrupted
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: January 10, 2020
Duration: 103 min
Cast: Aled Arhyel, Charlie Murphy, David Hayman, George Russo, Hugh Bonneville

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Entertainment Film Distributors | Release Date: January 10, 2020 | R

Starring: Aled Arhyel, Charlie Murphy, David Hayman, George Russo, Hugh Bonneville, Joe Claflin, Naomi Ackie, Noel Clarke, Sam Claflin, Timothy Spall

Summary: Beneath the blinding lights and towering sights of the newly-built East London skyline, lies a dark, dangerous web of corruption. Stratford was home to the Olympic Games; decorated in the notion of legacy. But there's little hope to be found for the recently released Liam McDonagh (Sam Claflin); a talented boxer put away for armed robbery,Beneath the blinding lights and towering sights of the newly-built East London skyline, lies a dark, dangerous web of corruption. Stratford was home to the Olympic Games; decorated in the notion of legacy. But there's little hope to be found for the recently released Liam McDonagh (Sam Claflin); a talented boxer put away for armed robbery, who wants nothing more than a peaceful life, and to reconnect with his young son Archie. But his brother Sean (Joe Claflin) is in deep, caught up in property developer Clifford Cullen's (Timothy Spall) violent, unforgiving circle, with no route out. Liam knows he must risk everything to save his brother before it's too late, but first, he needs to know who he can trust – which is a harder proposition than it sounds.… Expand

Director: Ron Scalpello

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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The Guardian Mike McCahill

Jan 9, 2020

Scalpello’s film is livelier pulp than the absence of advance fanfare would suggest. Read full review

Stephen Dalton

Jan 9, 2020

There is enough rich narrative potential in The Corrupted for an ambitious state-of-the-nation TV miniseries in the mold of The Wire. Unfortunately, Scalpello and screenwriter Nick Moorcroft take the lowest common denominator route, falling back on tired mob-movie clichés, stock characters and leaden dialogue so generic it could have been written by an algorithm. Read full review

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CovidKing

Mar 29, 2020

I may be a little gun hoe but god this film reminds me of Snatch. It’s true that not all British films are the same but there are similarities here. For example, Timothy Spall (Clifford Cullen) is a very similar emulation of the infamous Snatch character Brick Topp (Alan Ford). Also, itsI may be a little gun hoe but god this film reminds me of Snatch. It’s true that not all British films are the same but there are similarities here. For example, Timothy Spall (Clifford Cullen) is a very similar emulation of the infamous Snatch character Brick Topp (Alan Ford). Also, its depiction of London/England is very similar with its seedy underbelly, corruption and of course unlicensed boxing.

Though there are some stark differences. Firstly Ron Scalpelo (director) does not have the technical finesse or style that Guy Ritchie has. Secondly Sam Claflin is no Jason Statham or Brad Pitt, the opposite actually, he is a charismatic black hole that makes me completely resent the protagonist in the film. Finally, The Corrupted is not some enthralling heist movie, it a by the numbers cop/political/family drama where an ex con (Liam McDonagh – Sam Claflin) is encompassed in this world of drugs, brotherly love and corruption (roll end credits). There are some bright spots though. I love the context in which the film was set in. The backdrop of the London Olympics made the film more real and is that alternate history **** that I love. It was a consistent motif but I did wish it went deeper, maybe Usain Bolt is corrupted.

As mentioned above, I really enjoyed Spall’s performance, he was the technical lynchpin, a seedy, greedy man and I wish the film was more him and less Claflin.

But these bright spots aren’t enough to save the movie, and if you don’t fill the movie with entertaining action sequences which there are not many, then you’re stuck with a bit of a dull watch. I also need to point out how bad the cops were in this film. The main two played by Noel Clarke and Charlie Murphy might be some of the most poorly written (script by Nick Moorcroft) and dully acted performances I have seen. I blame everyone for this, because besides Claflin, you’re supposed to want the Clarke character (Neil Beckett) to win, but in the end all you want is for him to get shot. This actually adds atop a much larger point, I don’t care about anyone in this. It really doesn’t matter if you want to good guy or bad guy to win, but you should care about something. It’s like going to a footy match where you have no emotional investment, in the end you just get drunk and you don’t care. None-the-less The Corrupted is a film that has clearly is. It is at times corrupted of originality, technical marvel and most importantly enjoyment. In these times of crisis don’t rent this movie, just watch Snatch again and just remember how good British action films can actually be.… Expand

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