Infernal Affairs

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A Triad mole and a police stooge unknowingly lead parallel lives. Both want to put their false lives behind them but when their paths cross, both police and Triad gang are looking for the traitor in their midst. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues. The first film in the internationally-praised trilogy.

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Director's commentary; Cantonese or English Language option; Theatrical trailer; Confidential Files; Behind the Scenes; Outtakes reel; 4-page booklet with film notes; Asia Extreme trailer reel.

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Review by Barry Forshaw on 16th July 2004

Lau and Mak’s highly enjoyable policier broke all box-office records in Hong Kong, winning numerous awards, and Brad Pitt has already picked up the rights to the US remake. It’s a hard-edged drama of an undercover cop and a mob informer caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. After a local Triad is raided by the police, the two men are caught in a race against time to discover who the mole is in each of their organisations. But who will expose the other’s secret identity and who will be the ultimate winner? It features Andy Lau (Fulltime Killer) and Tony Leung (Hard Boiled, In the Mood for Love), two of Hong Kong’s biggest stars, and stylistically echoes Heat with its DeNiro-Pacino partnership. The disc has a number of tempting extras including a behind the scenes documentary, commentary by directors Andy Mak and Andrew Lau, an outtakes reel, and an English language option alongside the usual subtitled version (although why anyone would prefer a dubbed version beggars belief).It ‘also sports a Dolby Digital soundtrack with and DTS 5.1 Surround Sound, guaranteed to test the tympanic membranes.

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Review by Steve Turner on 10th June 2004

Near the end of the extraordinary Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs Andy Lau asks “why do you guys always meet on rooftops?” The answer is because it looks so damn good.

Infernal Affairs is the story of two police cadets leading parallel lives: Ming (Andy Lau) is a Triad mole in the police department and Yan (Tony Leung) is an undercover cop working for the mob. When the two cross paths during a drug deal they are lured into a deadly game of cat and mouse as each tries to expose the other.

After the training sequence prologue sets-up the macho dynamic of the film, the tension grabs hold and doesn’t let go until the final credits. The plot twists are clearly signposted but the film is executed with enormous panache that sets it apart from it’s contemporaries. The swooping cameras, overtly tense music and the presence of the impossibly cool Tony Leung (Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love) prove why this was such a phenomenon at the Hong Kong box office. Stylish, tense and begging to be imitated Infernal Affairs rejuvenated the Hong Action action thriller and has already spawned two sequels - catch it now before the American re-make.

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