Infernal Affairs

2004 "Loyalty. Honor. Betrayal."
8| 1h41m| R| en| More Info
Released: 24 September 2004 Released
Producted By: Media Asia Films
Country: Hong Kong
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Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Evengyny Thanks for the memories!
WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
SquigglyCrunch Infernal Affairs follows the police department as they attempt to find the criminal mole in their midst while the opposing gang attempts to find the undercover mole in their group. If you ask me this is a pretty awesome concept. Neither side is able to get anywhere with the other because they're both constantly receiving information from the other. It's a conflict that can't end with either side winning until they take action specifically against their opposing moles. I'm not doing it justice, but it's pretty cool.Unfortunately, it doesn't handle it nearly as well as it could. The acting, for starters, is okay. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bland. It really depends. Most of the time it was pretty good, but it does falter enough for it to matter. The movie suffers from it's lack of ability to develop any of the characters or their relationships. Some of them have romantic relationships that are treated like a major part of the story, but they're so poorly written and unfocused that it makes it hard to really care about them. My biggest frustration with the movie is the editing. It's hilarious how dated it is. Multiple scenes end with a still frame while dialogue continues to play, followed by the screen fading to black. When did this movie come out? 2002? Yeah, it's a little late for that. Clearly someone didn't get the memo. Overall Infernal Affairs has an awesome concept that it couldn't quite pull off. The writing and characters aren't fleshed out enough, and the editing is hilariously dated. In the end I'd really only recommend this movie to a handful of people.
Takethispunch Infernal Affairs focuses on a police officer named Chen Wing-yan, who goes undercover into a triad, and a triad member Lau Kin-ming, who infiltrates the Hong Kong Police Force. Each mole has been planted by the rival organisation to gain an advantage in intelligence over the other side. The more the moles become involved in their undercover lives, the more issues they have to cope with.The prologue opens with the introduction of triad boss Hon Sam, who sends a number of young gangsters to the police academy as moles, among whom include a young Lau. Concurrently, a young Chen joins the police force but is seemingly expelled from the academy even though he manages to impress Superintendent Wong Chi-shing. In reality, Chen has become an undercover agent reporting only to Wong. Over the course of ten years, Chen experiences great stress from his undercover work while Lau quickly rises through the ranks in the police department. The film begins with a meeting between Chen and Lau in a hi-fi store without either of them knowing the other's identity.
eryui I know I'm against the common opinions here, however, despite I found the movie intriguing with a engaging plot, I found it really not too exciting and thrilling because a few problems.The most important part of a movie is without doubts the plot and this one has a great one. That said, some parallel stories have no depth and aren't developed at all. But mostly and especially seem there was not a exactly striking edit and a flawless execution. A very good thriller, but the current rating, despite its undoubted merits, being too high, could let someone, slight disappointed.7/10
Uriah43 The police in Hong Kong have a mole inside their department who is working for a mobster by the name of "Hon Sam" (Eric Tsang). Conversely, the police have a mole inside Hon Sam's operation working for them. Both "SP Wong Chi Shing" (Anthony Chau-Sang Wong) and Hon Sam desperately want to find out the identity of the mole working inside their operations. Needless to say the mole inside the police department, "Inspector Lau Kin Ming" (Andy Lau) risks a lengthy prison sentence while the mole inside the drug cartel, "Chen Win Yan" (Tony Chiu Wai Leung) has his life at stake. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was a fairly entertaining crime-drama with solid performances all around. Surprisingly, the action was rather subdued and replaced by a lingering suspense throughout most of the movie which was good in some aspects but caused the film to seem slightly one-dimensional in the long run. Be that as it may, I think viewers will certainly find it to be quite watchable and overall I rate it as slightly above average.