''Corrupt'' is a 1999 film starring

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and

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Plot

After decades of street violence, two gangs have finally made a truce. MJ (Silkk The Shocker) has finally found a way to get out of the deadly neighborhood him and his sister Jodi are living in. Corrupt (Ice-T) is the only person standing in MJ's way of leaving and this results in a war between two gangs.

Cast

as Corrupt *

as M.J. * Miss Jones as Margo *

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as Miles * Karen Dyer as Jodi * T. J. Storm as Cinque * Tahitia Hicks as Lisa (as Tahitia) * Taylor Scott as Pammi * Jahi J.J. Zuri as Yazu *

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as Snackbar Man

Production

Director Pyun shot ''Corrupt'' simultaneously with '' The Wrecking Crew'' and '' Urban Menace'' in a derelict factory in

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, originally intending ''Urban Menace'' and ''The Wrecking Crew'' as sections of a single film; the producers decided to make two films.Douglas Pratt, ''Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!'', New York: Harbor, 2004,
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Reaction

''Corrupt'' was received poorly. Ice-T bashed the film on the commentary. The film received low ratings and received two rotten reviews on

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References

External links

* 1999 films 1999 drama films American gang films 1990s hood films American drama films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films English-language crime films {{1990s-US-drama-film-stub