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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. [2]
- $48 million
- Thomas Newman
- October 31, 1997 (United States)
"Red Corner'' is a contrived and cumbersome thriller designed to showcase Richard Gere's unhappiness with Red China, which it does with such thoroughness that story and characters are enveloped in the gloom. The Chinese do this better to themselves. Unlike such Chinese-made films as "The Blue Kite,'' and "To Live,'' which criticize China with an insider's knowledge and detail, "Red Corner ...
Oct 31, 1997 · Red Corner: Directed by Jon Avnet. With Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann. An American attorney on business in China is wrongfully arrested and put on trial for murder, with a female defense lawyer from the country the only key to proving his innocence.
- (18K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Jon Avnet
- 1997-10-31
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Red Corner (1997) View more photos Movie Info Synopsis Hotshot American corporate lawyer Jack Moore (Richard Gere) travels to China, representing a U.S. entertainment conglomerate that is seeking ...
- (174)
- Jon Avnet
- R
- Richard Gere
Jack Moore, a high-profile international lawyer, is in China for business. Moore sleeps with a young woman, and wakes up to find her dead in his bed. Falsely accused of murder, Moore's only chance is his Chinese advocate Yuelin. The rules and laws are different, and Moore must convince Yuelin of his innocence and unravel the chain of events ...
Red Corner. A savy entertainment lawyer (Richard Gere) awakes the morning after seducing a beautiful Chinese woman to find her dead and him accused of rape and murder. 832 IMDb 6.3 2 h 2 min 1997. X-Ray R. Drama · Suspense · Cerebral · Compelling.