Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs

  • Director: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
  • Writer: Alan Mak,Felix Chong
  • Countries of origin: Hong Kong
  • Language: Cantonese, English, Thai
  • Release date: December 12, 2002
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Vô Gian Đạo
  • "Infernal Affairs" is a police film produced by Media Asia Film Distribution Company in 2002, directed by Andrew Lau , Siu Fai Mak, and starring Andy Lau , Tony Leung Chiu Wai , Anthony Perry , Eric Tsang, etc.
    The film tells the story of two men with chaotic identities who are the undercover agents of the police and the underworld. After a fierce battle, they are determined to find themselves. In 2003, the film won The 22th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film Award, 40nd Golden Horse Awards and other awards. Tony Leung Chiu Wai won the 22th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor Award and other awards for the film   .

    Details

    • Release date December 12, 2002
    • Filming locations Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
    • Production companies Media Asia Films, Basic Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $6,428,966 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $169,659

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $25,680

    Gross worldwide

    $8,836,958

    Movie reviews

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    • By Levi 2022-12-30 09:29:32

      Can't get to the end, back to the origin

      In "Infernal Affairs" once said: "If you don't get to the end, you will return to the starting point." Life is like this, we are all constantly on the road, in fact, we have long since found a way out. And in the end, we'll be back to square one like a spinning Trojan horse.
           When my life is lost, I always think of the movie "Infernal Affairs". Liu is an informant placed by the gang boss in the police station, and Chen is an undercover agent placed in the gang by the police station....

    • By Peggie 2022-12-29 19:59:14

      I just want to be a good person

      A classic, very classic.
            Everyone is familiar with the Infernal Affairs series. Even if you haven't seen the entire series, you must have heard of it. The episodes are also widely sung. This is the charm of a successful movie.
            The plot is not too complicated. Both the police and the gang have sent undercover agents to infiltrate each other's organizations. After a drug deal that didn't benefit either side, both sides desperately tried to find out who was undercover in the...

    • By Lorenz 2022-12-29 05:24:45

      my life belongs to you

      17140246 AD Ban Gu Jinyue
              has always known that "Infernal Affairs" is a classic movie, but has never had time to appreciate its classics. When I finished watching the movie, I felt a deep sense of stillness and sadness, sadness for their misplaced life, sadness for their heavy life, sadness for their missed or lost love. The movie "Infernal Affairs" seems to tell a very simple story. A policeman goes undercover to a gangster, and a gangster goes undercover to the police academy. The

    • By Hadley 2022-12-22 22:54:29

      Infernal Affairs, the beginning of no return

      The four main characters in the Infernal Affairs series: Chen Yongren, Liu Jianming, Huang Zhicheng and Han Chen are all very delicate and real. The so-called realness is from the development of the three dramas. We can see that they are not absolute good and evil. . It is a mixture of good and evil, a living being of flesh and blood.

      Between good and evil, there is always something that prompts him to change

      Huang Zhicheng and Han Chen to be good friends in the early years....

    • By Norbert 2022-12-11 02:16:02

      Alien under the invisibility cloak

      Preface: Only the first part is written here. Divergent thinking, do whatever you want, write wherever you want. It's the idea of ​​venting emotions, not discussing the movie itself.

            Inside the main hall of Baolian Temple, Han Chen folded his hands together, trembled towards the Buddha statue in front of him, and shouted, "Bless the Buddha." Turning around, he said to the crowd, "Fortune tellers say, I am a general practitioner. My bones are dead, but I don't agree. I think it's...

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    • By Demarco 2023-09-28 13:47:09

      In the past ten years, I have seen Tony Leung pointing a gun at Andy Lau on the rooftop countless times on various occasions, and today I finally watched the full movie. I didn't feel anything for the first few minutes, but in the last twenty minutes, I suddenly understood why this film has the status it has...

    • By Freda 2023-09-10 14:24:06

      I want to be a good person, I am not a good person. I want to live like a normal person, I have a...

    • By Elmo 2023-08-02 12:57:37

      Chen Yongren is not afraid of seeing the light but always lives underground. Liu Jianming suffers from a black background, but he must always bear the fate of black and white, "one will succeed and ten thousand bones will die". Under power struggles and games, those in power can delete justice and truth, identity and life with one click, are qualified to talk about justice, and can choose to be a good person. I feel a strong depression, suffocation and identity anxiety, especially today, it...

    • By Vaughn 2023-07-28 03:40:47

      At the beginning of the new millennium, "identity" is the most enthusiastic proposition of Hong Kong people. "In the Mood for Love" asks if there is no love anymore, should I leave, "Shaolin Soccer" tells the world differently, should I fight, "Infernal Affairs" says he is on the wrong team, is he considered a good person? At the crossroads of old and new, black and white, every choice betrays history to some extent. The words "family and country feelings" were shouted out by Hong Kong people...

    • By Cory 2023-07-07 03:41:09

      A movie that I like very much, the first one is very impressive, I thought it was all handsome at that time, and the acting was good, it should be green and green, and it should be old and...

    Movie plot

    In 1991, the 18-year-old triad member Liu Jianming followed the instructions of his elder brother Han Chen ( Zeng Zhiwei ) to enter the police academy and became a police undercover agent. At the same time, another student at the police school, Chen Yongren ( played by Tony Leung ) , was forced to drop out of school by the police on the surface, but in fact he was allowed to enter the triad as an undercover agent. After graduating from...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    When Edison was filming "Infernal Affairs", due to his poor work attitude, he did not seem to be awake during the filming. As a result, Liu Weiqiang was slapped.
    "Infernal Affairs" is the first collaboration between Andy Lau and Tony Leung since filming the TV series "Five Tigers Breaking" in 1991.
    Because the design of the protagonist of "Infernal Affairs" is very complicated, the design of the personality of the other supporting...
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    Creative background

    "Infernal Affairs" was inspired by the film "Change Face" directed by Wu Yusen. Mai Zhaohui believes that the "face exchange" in "Change Face" is impossible in reality, so Mai Zhaohui asked whether it is possible to tell a story and exchange the two characters, but it does not require surgery, just identity Exchange with the heart. Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang have been communicating with each other in writing when they were...
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    The film has a breakthrough

    "Infernal Affairs" is a rare and best film in Hong Kong movies (Sina.com ).
    It is not a simple film that relies on the accumulation of stars. Its success lies in its breakthrough compared with the previous Hong Kong police films. This film does not rely solely on hero appearances like other Hong Kong police and gangster films. Instead, it infects the audience with its exquisite plot and neat scene editing, and uses the ups and downs of...
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    The story is new

    "Infernal Affairs" is not only very particular about the filming, but the story inside is also very well composed, with some new ideas. It has a lot more new things than the common Hong Kong police film. "Infernal Affairs" obviously did not pay attention to the previous action elements and popular violent visual effects of Hong Kong police films. It really walks the relationship between the two characters. This movie relies on logic to...
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    Compact narrative

    The biggest credit for this movie is the director Liu Weiqiang. Liu Weiqiang made the film's narrative completely serve the plot, without any ramifications, completely in one go. In addition, Liu Weiqiang has also abandoned the previous Hong Kong movie gangster movies. He no longer puts loyalty, grievances and hatreds in the first place, but focuses on portraying the psychological changes of the characters; he no longer blindly pursues...
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    Movie quotes

    • Sam: What thousands must die, so that Caesar may become the great.

    • Keung: Remember this, if you see someone doing something but at the same time watching you... then he is a cop.

    • Chan Wing Yan: Should I salute you?

      Lau Kin Ming: No, don't. How long have you been an undercover?

      Chan Wing Yan: I've followed Sam for 3 years; I had several other bosses before. All together, it's been 10 years

      Lau Kin Ming: 10 years? I should salute you, instead.

      Chan Wing Yan: I just want an identity. I want to be a normal man.

      Lau Kin Ming: Getting tired?

      Chan Wing Yan: You've never been a mole. You won't understand. Too bad I still can't find the stooge. I'll take him down if I've found him.

      Lau Kin Ming: Don't worry. Let me give you back your identity, I'll open your file, but I don't have the password.

      Chan Wing Yan: What's the Morse Code for undercover?