But in fact, compared with the Hong Kong version, the American version is more suitable for the name "Infernal Affairs", and it is more in line with the concept of "Infernal Affairs". From the moment the movie starts, the old horse takes us into a dark as hell. The environment, in Boston, a world-famous gang-ridden city, "people hate each other", the whole city is soaked in a sea of violence, and even "every building seems to be permeated with the shadow of violence."
Here, the story that once happened on the other side of the ocean is played out again.
But just a few minutes later, all the hearts that were looking forward to being moved again by those sensational scenes and preparing to sweat the palms of those undercover battles were completely shattered, because all the warmth in the Hong Kong version was abandoned. Father's version of the kind-hearted officer turned into a foul-mouthed ruffian (although this ruffian avenged Bill in the end, I personally think that a large part of the reason he killed Sullivan was because Sullivan beat him all over the floor looking for teeth, and forcing him to resign) and a taciturn old man who can only talk to the mud, the shrewd and capable brother Chen who once knew everything has become a man who yells all day long and shows his penis in the movie theater. Perverted guy (but to be honest, old Jack is too familiar with such perverts, if all Hollywood actors just talk about evolution, it is probably unparalleled), that once beautiful, virtuous and empathetic psychology The doctor has become a resentful woman entangled between the two male protagonists (this woman went to bed with the two male protagonists in just over two hours of the film, hey, how can she not die if she has such a resentful woman in her life? !), even the falling bridge with the beautiful chorus, which once moved countless people to tears, has become bloody and cold, except that it makes people feel that the old man is really dead and useless, there is hardly any moving .
If you compare the movie to Chinese painting, then the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs" is a splash of ink, while the American version is a fine brushwork. Everything is real and terrifying, and people can't help but think of the people living in this filthy city. What kind of state is it? The classic scene of two handsome guys fighting on the top floor of a bright high-rise will never appear here. On the contrary, there are only dilapidated and dangerous buildings like garbage dumps, and police undercover and beaten like scavengers. The nosebleed undercover gangster and, of course, the bloody teeth he was beaten down. Although this is not what most fans of the Hong Kong version, including me, want, this is indeed the world in the eyes of Lao Ma, and this is his endless world.
Finally, let me tell you the truth. The sympathy of the judges really accounted for a large proportion of the sympathy of the judges. This film is far inferior to the "Gangs of New York" of the year, not to mention Taxi Driver and Raging Bull.
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