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

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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