Infernal Affairs II2003
Both directed by Alan Mak Siu-Fai and Andrew Lau Wai-Keung, both with commentary by Alan Mak, Andrew Lau Wai-keung and Felix Chong Man-keung, and both starring Eric Tsang Chi-Wai
Andrew Lau Wai-keung and Alan Mak, Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Infernal Affairs
無間道
Hong Kong / Cantonese / 2002 / 1h 41m
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Synopsis
Two of Hong Kong cinema’s most iconic leading men, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah, face off in the breathtaking thriller that revitalized the city-state’s twenty-first-century film industry, launched a blockbuster franchise, and inspired Martin Scorsese’s THE DEPARTED. The setup is diabolical in its simplicity: two undercover moles—a police officer (Leung) assigned to infiltrate a ruthless triad by posing as a gangster, and a gangster (Lau) who becomes a police officer in order to serve as a spy for the underworld—find themselves locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse, each racing against time to unmask the other. As the shifting loyalties, murky moral compromises, and deadly betrayals mount, INFERNAL AFFAIRS raises haunting questions about what it means to live a double life, lost in a labyrinth of conflicting identities and allegiances.
Commentary
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Commentary: Andrew Lau Wai-keung, Alan Mak and Felix Chong Man-keung