Infernal Affairs (2002) Mou gaan dou (original title): A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop. (8.1)
Directors: Wai-keung Lau, Alan Mak
Stars: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Language: Cantonese | English (w/ English Subtitles)
A story of cops and robbers, but with all too human drama and emotions. People on both sides are rightly portrayed as real folks with conflicted loyalties. The story is not all that original but has the right amount of suspense, action and character development. Very good acting, locations, sets, etc. The movie poster is misleading in that there are no gun-wielding lead female characters. They probably could have one; after all, they did cast three lovely supporting actresses. (Now that I know "triad" means mafia/gang in that part of the world, I didn't go looking for "a set of three.") Enjoyed the movie a lot. Makes you think about right, wrong and fairness. My Rating: 7.5
