I don't know why I have always refused to watch Infernal Affairs. I probably heard a lot of praise for him, and I was afraid that watching the US version would ruin my good impression of the Hong Kong version.
However, after reading it, I thought that the US version is incomparable with the Hong Kong version.
After pondering all night, I feel that these two versions are completely different. The first time I saw an adaptation of a structure to tell another theme, and then it was almost the same story.
When the Hong Kong version was still pretending to be in the identity tension of a person or a ghost, Martin Scorsese completely denied the importance of identity. The really important thing was mentioned by Jack Nicholson at the beginning of the game, which is the gun. Whoever holds the gun has the final say, regardless of whether you have a good identity.
Why does Jack Nicholson engage in the underworld when he is in his seventies and is not short of money or women?
Because he had to hold that gun, he was nothing without a gun, just like the pile of corpses he killed. So even in the movie theater, he didn't forget to hold another gun in a spoof.
Why did Matt Damon betray Nicholson?
Because Matt felt that Nicholson hadn't pointed the gun at him anymore, he could only play big when he was big.
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Dika held a gun at Matt to get his identity back, and was headshot as soon as the gun was put down. Matt also shot the guy who was also a ghost, just because he put down the gun.
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The movie reminds the audience over and over again how important guns are.
At first I didn't quite understand the meaning of the addition of Mark's character. I felt that this was a bit far-fetched, and some Hong Kong version of it was not clear. Later, the last scene was saying: Don't patronize the bread bag, there will always be a gun at you.
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