Red Corner: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

red corner: original mgm motion picture soundtrack [soundtrack]

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Using a faulty thriller for his soapbox as an outspoken critic of China, a devout follower of the Dalai Lama, and an influential supporter of Tibetan freedom, Richard Gere resorts to the equivalent of propagandistic drama to deliver a heavy-handed message. In other words, Red Corner relies on a dubious strategy to promote political awareness, but director Jon Avnet appeals to the viewer's outrage with such effective urgency that you're likely to forget you're being shamelessly manipulated. Gere plays a downtrodden TV executive who sells syndicated shows on the global market, and during a business trip to China he finds himself framed for the murder of the sexy daughter of a high Chinese official. Once trapped in a legal system in which his innocence will be all but impossible to prove, Gere must rely on a Chinese-appointed lawyer (played by Bai Ling) who first advises him to plead guilty but gradually grows convinced of foul play. Barely attempting to hide its agenda, Red Corner effectively sets the stage for abundant anti-Chinese sentiment, and to be sure, the movie gains powerful momentum with its tale of justice gone awry. It's a serious-minded, high-intensity courtroom drama with noble intentions ... but did it have to be so conspicuously lacking in subtlety? --Jeff Shannon

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Red Corner: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

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Red Corner with Richard Gere
Red Corner...
GREAT MOVIE
"Why Is The Bamboo Here" ~ Murder, Mystery And Romance Behind The Bamboo Curtain
Gere needs to find a more constructive raison d'etre

Red Corner: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack
Thomas Newman
Manufacturer: Edel America
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005ON1
Release Date: 1997-11-04

Tracks:

Red Corner (Main Title)
Communism
Da Bi Zi (Big Nose)
Dead Girl
The Bejing Hotel
Night Deeply Sunk (Chinese Traditional)
Severity
The People's Assessors
Capitalism
The Price Of A Bullet
Tiananmem Square
Embroidering (Chinese Traditional)
Dazhalan Chase
Leniency
House Rules
Full-Scale Incident
Shen Yuelin
Silence
Two Trials
The Purple Bamboo Melody (Chinese Traditional)
Detention Center 1
Offer To Resign
Da Guan Lin Dan (Big SHot)
Verdict
Remarkable Things
Black (End Title)

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Red Corner with Richard Gere.......2007-02-15

Richard Gere plays Jack Moore, who works For McAndrews telecommunications a company that is about to make a billion dollar deal with Hoffco communications in China.

This detail is very important as you will see later on. Moore is seeing Hong Li, daughter of a strong military General named Hong.. Moore and Hong Li are having a good evening when Hong Li Receives a phone call from someone who apparently doesn't want to leave her alone. (I hate it when that happens.)

She says something in Chinese , "Mishu" I think and she tells Moore that it's nothing. Everything seems fine until Moore awakes the next day. He is awakened by Chinese policeman who are arresting him for some reason. Moore looks over and sees his girlfriend Hong Li covered in blood.

It seems that Moore (Gere) has been framed for the murder of his girlfriend . An anonymous call has been placed saying screams were heard. Photos of him with blood on his shirt were placed as proof putting him in the murder scene.

Moore goes into trial where he is defended by Shen Yueli, a Chinese lawyer (played excellently by Ling Bai.) At first Moore's trial goes against him and he stays in prison for the time being. Gere probably does probably his best acting, next to "Primal Fear", which was made in 1996. Gere and his Chinese lawyer do their best to find out who the real killer is before Time runs out. The film is actually quite good, though it has writing flaws that become evident. For instance as Gere's Lawyer tries to find out the phone records for Hong Li, she finds out that the records have been deleted , but then in another scene a friend of hers has gotten a hold of it because security wasn't there to stop him.

This only last for a minute though as Yueli and her friend are attacked by a masked villain who steals the records from her. The villain is later found to be Huang Mi Lu, a military soldier.. The most intriguing aspects of the film are the court room dramas where we see how Moore and Yuelin try to unravel this conspiracy of government traitors that has used him for their own purposes. Moore goes back to court and knowing that Mr. Huang Mi Lu is behind this scheme to set up him up questions him.

The movie is brilliantly directed by Jon Avnet who not only gives a very entertaining film that provides a first hand look into a communist country like China where human rights ,poverty and famine are still an issue, except for the fat cats of the country. It's a good little political thriller with a couple of twists that make it interesting. Recommended.

Red Corner..........2007-02-03

Whatever you do, don't mess up in the People's Republic of China. That's the message I received from this film. Richard Gere and Bai Ling do an excellent job in this film. It's a wonder that the film didn't do any better than it did.

This was a good murder/suspense film. Richard Gere's character did really have everything on the line - with the U.S. Government helpless to help him. See for yourself...Four stars...

GREAT MOVIE.......2006-11-10

This movie is a very well acted movie. Everyone should see it. Richard Gere and Bai Ling are perfect in this movie. This movie gives you an insight to the Chinese Legal system.

"Why Is The Bamboo Here" ~ Murder, Mystery And Romance Behind The Bamboo Curtain.......2006-10-24

`Red Corner' released in '97 is a surprisingly taunt, entertaining and subdued romantic murder mystery.

Synopsis: Jack Moore (Richard Gere) is an American businessman entrapped within the Chinese Communist legal system. He awakens from a romantic one night stand to find himself accused of the grisly murder of a beautiful Chinese woman. A woman who also happens to be the daughter of a powerful Communist official, Jack pleas of innocence fall on deaf ears until he convinces his attorney Shen Yuelin (Ling Bai) that he is being framed. Can one lone female voice halt the powerful forces that seek the death of the American?

Richard Gere delivers a strong performance, but Ling Bai is the real star as the demure, yet strong willed and beautiful attorney. `Red Corner' is a little strong handed in its depiction of justice behind the Bamboo Curtain, but the story and romance make it well worth the time.

Gere needs to find a more constructive raison d'etre .......2006-10-11

The commercial was enough to raise my blood pressure and turn my stomach. I spent a year teaching English in Mainland China. Unfortunately, I didn't visit Tibet and I don't want to seem unsympathetic to their plight. It's just that America and Hollywood, which is often a symptom of America, need to get off this self-righteous kick of trying to enlighten the rest of the world and tell everyone else how they should live.

Contrast this with the plot in Red Corner: When an American "teacher" in my group got his 14 year-old student pregnant he was quietly sent home and she got kicked out of school for a year. If a visiting Chinese teacher got an American 14 year-old pregnant he probably would have gone to prison.

I want encourage those who would consider jumping on Gere's bandwagon how they might react in the actual event of the following hypothetical scenarios. ALL I HAVE DONE IS REVERSE THE NATIONALITIES.

1. Gere's Chinese counterpart, aging heartthrob Chow Yun Fat befriends descendents of Hawaii's deposed royal family and goes on a righteous crusade to re-instate them as monarchy and give Hawaii back to the native people.

2. Jet Li writes, produces, and stars in Yankee Justice. Li plays a Chinese US citizen wrongly accused of spying. Under the Patriot Act Li is whisked away to a secret location in Eastern Europe, without due process, for an indefinite period. Li is manacled, shackled and smacked around repeatedly while being interrogated. He manages to get just free enough to launch a surprise attack and kick some serious Homeland Securities. He makes a dramatic escape into the night and hops on the Orient Express. He disembarks in Beijing where kisses the ground and begs for repatriation. He is hailed as a hero and a martyr.

3. A paramilitary group launches a coup d'etat against Jeb Bush, attempts to seal off the Florida peninsula, and secede from the US. Even though America's military is busy fighting over something in Iraq it's nothing we can't handle. But wait! Mainland China remembering America's generous support for the Guomindang (Kuomintang) when they fled to Taiwan decides to send soldiers to support Florida's independence. Since their population is about five times that of the US, and increasingly male, they can spare a few troops. A bit of historical trivia; before China "acquired" Taiwan it was inhabited by 16 tribes of indigenous people whom they decimated. Sound a little like American history?

I hope to eventually to return to China to visit friends. For the record I am much more concerned about being a victim of random violence in the US than being framed by the PLA (The People's Liberation Army). By the way one of my Chinese students, here in the US, was the victim of a random murder last year. I know it's not exotic, glamorous, or sexy, but Americans should be more concerned about random violence, corporate corruption, social security, and universal healthcare. These issues will affect just about every American in some way at some point.

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