“The Corrupted” (**1/2 out of four) was a fast-paced if overly derivative action thriller set after the 2012 Olympics in which an ex-con (Sam Claflin) tries to win back the love and trust of his family while doing battle with a local crime boss (Timothy Spall) who destroyed his life and this leads to him getting caught back up in a serpentine web of deceit, deception, and corruption. Pretty much a cocktail blender of Guy Ritchie and any other movie you’ve seen about British crime although the buzz is somewhat fun while it lasts. Spall fares best as a Mr. Big with police and political connections.

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