Movie: Infernal Affairs
Year: 2002
Director: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak
Language: Cantonese
Synopsis: The Prologue opens with the introduction of Hon Sam, a Triad boss and the primary antagonist of the film. Sam is sending a number of young, green gangsters to the police academy as moles—amongst them is one called Lau Kin-Ming. At the same time another person named Chen Wing-Yan is shown joining the police force. Although he manages to impress the Superintendent Wong Chi-Shing and the police academy principal Yip, Yan is expelled from the academy. In reality Yan becomes an undercover reporting directly to only Wong and Yip. Yan's undercover job becomes stressful while Ming quickly climbs the ladder in the police department. A cat and mouse chase begins between the two moles as they cross paths.
My own take: The movie shot Hong Kong movie industry into instant fame and was their biggest grosser. To top it Martin Scorsese made “Departed” in 2006 and gave another round of fame to the movie. The first word that strikes you when you watch the movie is- slick. The movie builds in a fascinating intrigue and thriller fashioned with a lot of twists and turns. The real good part of this movie is that contrary to gangster movies which somehow give you a feeling that there is an element of virtue and halo effect in crime; it builds on the basic premise that it’s a business. The pace at which the story moves is amazing and the editing is awesome. Without breaking the bubble for you just a note: watch out for the Morse code scene and the lift scene :). I am sure you will itch to watch part 2 and 3 also.
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