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Red Corner

Red Corner
Thomas Newman

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Track Listing

  1. Red Corner
  2. Communism
  3. Da Bi Zi (Big Noise)
  4. Dead Girl
  5. Beijing Hotel
  6. Night Deeply Sunk
  7. Severity
  8. People's Assessors
  9. Capitalism
  10. Price Of A Bullet
  11. Tiananmen Square
  12. Embroidering
  13. Dazhalan Chase
  14. Leniency
  15. House Rules
  16. Full-Scale Incident
  17. Shen Yuelin
  18. Silence
  19. Two Trials
  20. Purple Bamboo Melody
  21. Detention Center 1
  22. Offer To Resign
  23. Da Guan Lin Dan (Big Shot)
  24. Verdict
  25. Remarkable Things
  26. Black

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #453153 in Music
  • Released on: 1998-05-25
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack

Customer Reviews

Red Corner - is China turning too far west?3
Dismissed unfairly as a vanity project, Red Corner is in fact a clever blend of suspense, polemic and near-romance which explores the contrast between the idealised communist and westernised post-Mao China. Richard Gere is well-cast as the sophisticated international marketeer who falls prey to a greedy and ruthless modern-day Chinese business-man corrupted by western business 'ethics'. High production values and good casting add to an interesting if imaginative exploration of corruption in Beijing. Although American consuls, Chinese military officers and members of the judiciary, as well as businessmen, are portrayed as stereotypes, the good guys and the bad guys are not always whom you expect. Worth a viewing for the glimpses of Beijing as well as for Bai Ling's luminous beauty.

Gere's putting on the agony3
In 'Red Corner' Richard Gere plays a lawyer doing business in China. He sleeps with a local lady of questionable morality and next morning wakes to find her dead. Gere is framed for her murder and in China, according to this movie, you're guilty until proven innocent.

Weighing in at just over two hours the film never sags and Director Jon Avnet manages to hold the interest, especially when the lovely Bai Ling is appointed to defend Gere. There is little to make 'Red Corner' more than an average thriller but you could do worse on a cold winter's night than curl up with the DVD and let your brain ignore the plot inconsistencies or the depiction of the Chinese authorities as heartless, murderous villains. Gere grins and bears it all manfully and his suits look good even under extreme pressure but it is Bai Ling who shines in the pedestrian plot. She's alone worth the price of admission.

The DVD features a Director's feature length commentary and a theatrical trailer. The sound is good and the photography excellent. 'Red Corner' - like its unimaginative title - is good enough but it could have been a whole lot better if the screenplay had been a little more edgy and intelligent. Still, if you're not too particular you may enjoy this fairly interesting action packed thriller.

damn good from beginning to end5
I already knew the story and that's why I bought it in the first place. Very good plot with no waste of time with useless dialogues. The action scenes are quite convincing and even in the slower moments there is an interesting appeal.
Definitely a must buy.