Red Corner (1997)
- Directed by
- Jon Avnet
- Genre
- crime film, mystery film, thriller film, trial film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 409 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An American businessman in China is accused of a murder he did not commit. He must rely on a local female lawyer to defend him in a foreign legal system.
tensesuspensefulgrimuprightclaustrophobicunsettlingfast-pacedserious
What happens
Red Corner is a 1997 American mystery thriller film directed by Jon Avnet, and starring Richard Gere, Bai Ling and Bradley Whitford. Written by Robert King, the film is about an American businessman in China who ends up wrongfully on trial for murder. His only hope of exoneration and freedom is a female defense lawyer from the country. The film received the 1997 National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award (Richard Gere, Jon Avnet) and the NBR Award for Breakthrough Female Performance (Bai Ling). Ling also won the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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