Infernal Affairs Movie Review 2002

Claustrophobic cat-and-mouse, cops-and-robbers noir. Lau (Lau) is a Triad member who's sent by his boss Hon Sam (Tsang) to the police academy so he can become a deep cover mole. Chan (Leung Chui-wai) is a cop whose boss, Supt. Wong (Wong), has sent him into the mob as a police informer. Each boss knows he has a mole and each mole knows it's only a matter of time before a slip-up will prove fatal. Lau is sent by Internal Affairs to investigate the Triad mole while Chan is told to find out who the police stoolie is. Talk about your identity crisis! Cantonese with subtitles. There's also a prequel and a sequel.

Distribution

Miramax Film Corp., 8439 W Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069-1921, Phone: (323)650-2937, URL: http://www.miramax.com

Available on DVD
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, Police Detectives, Undercover Cops, Hong Kong, Organized Crime, Not-So-True Identity, Triads

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Lam Ka-tung, Ng Ting-yip, Wan Chi-keung, Sammi Cheng

Cinematography

Lai Yui-fai Lang

Music

Chan Kwong-wing

Other

Ching Wing-lai, Danny Pang, Pang Ching-hei, Choo Sung-pong, Wong Ching, Lee Pik-kwan

Producer

Nansun Shi, John Chonsg, Basic Pictures, Media Asia Distribution