Infernal Affairs2002
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
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Synopsis
The first of two sequels to follow in the wake of the massively successful INFERNAL AFFAIRS softens the original’s furious pulp punch in favor of something more sweeping, elegiac, and overtly political. Flashing back in time, INFERNAL AFFAIRS II traces the tangled histories that bind the trilogy’s two pairs of adversaries: the young, dueling moles (here played by Edison Chen Koon-hei and Shawn Yue Man-lok), and the ascendant crime boss (Eric Tsang Chi-wai) and police inspector (Anthony Wong Chau-sang) whose respective rises reveal a shocking hidden connection. Unfolding against the political and psychological upheaval of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China, this elegant, character-driven crime drama powerfully connects its themes of split loyalties to the city-state’s own postcolonial identity crisis.
Commentary
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Commentary: Andrew Lau Wai-keung, Alan Mak, and Felix Chong Man-keung