Infernal Affairs (Mou gaan dou) (2002)

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Oct 8 16:01

''I can't finish the novel, I don't know whether he's good or bad.'' A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop. Andy Lau: Inspector Lau Kin Ming Tony Leung Chiu Wai: Chan Wing Yan Infernal Affairs gives us the story of two top police cadets who take to or are driven to choose to follow parallel lives. Inspector Lau (House of Flying Daggers) is recruited by a Mob leader Sam (Eric Tsang) to infiltrate the police force and act as a mole. Meanwhile, Yan (Lust, Caution) appears to have been kicked out of police academy, but has been secretly been recruited to act as a mole in Sam's gang. Suddenly both come under the pressure each organization suspects a mole, but can they ...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at May 4 2:04

"Remember this, if you see someone doing something but at the same time watching you... then he is a cop." There are a very limited number of movie enthusiasts who haven't heard of Martin Scorsese's The Departed; a film that became one of the most critically acclaimed films of its decade. When I first saw Scorsese's masterpiece I was unaware that it was actually a remake of a small-time 2002 Asian movie called Infernal Affairs. This original, refreshing piece of Asian cinema is gripping, exciting and riveting. This is not your standard slice of cinema you'd expect to be exported from an Asian country; instead of a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-style of martial arts fluff we are presented with a smart thriller that is exceptionally crafted. The film juxtaposes the lives of two p...Read more

Rating : 8/10