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Overview

User Rating:
8.1/10   31,276 votes
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Directors:

Wai-keung Lau
Alan Mak

Writers:

Alan Mak (written by) &
Felix Chong (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

12 December 2002 (Hong Kong) more

Tagline:

Loyalty. Honor. Betrayal.

Plot:

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. full summary | full synopsis

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Awards:

23 wins & 19 nominations more

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User Comments:

more than just entertaining more (145 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:

Infernal Affairs (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Mou gaan dou (Hong Kong: Cantonese title) (alternative transliteration)
Non-Stop Way (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Wu jian dao (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

101 min | Hong Kong:97 min (director's cut)

Country:

Hong Kong

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

There is a scene in which Tony Leung Chiu Wai's superintendent gives him surveillance gear, followed by a watch, which he inspects believing it to be another piece of gear. The superintendent reminds him that it's his birthday, and the watch is a gift. A similar scene happens in Lat sau san taam (1992), with Leung in the same role, but the gift is a cigarette lighter. more

Goofs:

Continuity: The birth date for "Chan Wing Yan" in his electronic career file is 23 November 1970, but on his headstone it is 25 October 1966. more

Quotes:

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.
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Movie Connections:

References Men in Black II (2002) more

Soundtrack:

MOU GAAN DOU (Infernal Affairs) more


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76 out of 85 people found the following comment useful.
more than just entertaining, 9 March 2005
10/10
Author: magsy from Canada

This movie is well-made, stylish and extremely entertaining. However, as stated by the review from a Hong Kong viewer, there is also depth and subtlety rarely found in action/thrillers. It is this depth that makes this movie brilliant. The depth of this movie is best served by the understated yet deeply moving performances of the main characters. Viewers are allowed into the inner changes of these characters and before long, the viewers begin to care about them, be it the "good guy" (Yan) or the "bad guy" (Ming). The rest of cast successfully relate the complicated and exciting plot to the viewers, and all the supporting performances are almost flawless, perhaps with the exception of the female psychologist who seems sadly one-dimensional. I grew up in Hong Kong but has since lived most of my life in Canada. With this duo-cultural background, I have mixed feelings about the Hollywood remaking of this movie. On the one hand, I am happy for the Hollywood recognition of this great movie by remaking it. On the other hand, I would hate to see how badly sabotaged the end result would be. Some things just do not translate. As a minimum, I hope the great director Scorcese will make good use of the major plot line and generate a haute thriller and with the excellent cast, develop some in-depth characterization. The Chinese philosophy and the spirit of the original film is better left undisturbed.

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