Corrupt [DVD]

Features

• Type: DVD
• Studio: KOCH ENTERTAINMENT CANADA
• Language(s): english

Robert Faenza's Corrupt is a tense psychodrama featuring starling performances by Harvey Keitel and Sex Pistol's lead vocalist John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten). Deep in the heart of New York City, some ski-masked psycho is murdering cops. Lieutenant Fred O'Connor (Keitel) is coming under increasing pressure to solve the murders but there are no concrete leads for these seemingly-random assaults. In between the demands of work O'Connor lounges comfortable in his "hideaway," a posh uptown apartment bought with confiscated drug money which he shares with his partner Bob (Leonard Mann). Keitel's part in Corrupt is a close cousin to his later role in Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant. Whereas the "Bad Lieutenant" is literally exploding with angst and hatred of the world, Keitel's Lieutenant O'Connor is all about successive hidden layers full of ambiguity and sadomasochistic urges. Long-time Italian cinema fixture Leonard Mann (L'Umanoide, Cut and Run), also delivers a deep performance as Keitel's partner. Lydon essentially plays the same character which he had honed in the arena of punk rock. His naturalistic style perfectly captures his role as the primary irritant which sends the delicate balance of Keitel's and Mann's world spiraling into oblivion.