Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan (2003)

Directors:

Wai-keung Lau
Alan Mak

Writers:

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

Release Date:

12 December 2003 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Months after the events of the original film, Ming suspects a police superintendent as being a new mole for the triads, while years earlier, Yan embarks on his first mission.

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Flashback Sequence | Told In Flashback | Part Of Trilogy | Trilogy

Awards:

2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu Wai	...	Chan Wing Yan (as Tony Leung)
Andy Lau	...	Inspector Lau Kin Ming
Leon Lai	...	Inspector / SP Yeung Kam Wing
Daoming Chen	...	Inspector Shen Chen (as Chen Dao Ming)
Kelly Chen	...	Dr. Lee Sum Yee
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	SP Wong Chi Shing (as Anthony Wong)
Eric Tsang	...	Hon Sam
Sammi Cheng	...	Mary
Carina Lau	...	Mary Hon
Edison Chen	...	Young Lau Kin Ming
Shawn Yue	...	Young Chan Wing Yan
Chapman To	...	Tsui Wai-keung
Waise Lee	...	Chun (as Lee Chi Hung)
Ka Tung Lam	...	Inspector Billy (as Lam Ka Tung)
Ting Yip Ng	...	Inspector Cheung (as Ng Ting Yip)

Also Known As:

Infernal Affairs III (Hong Kong: English title) (Singapore: English title)
Infernal Affairs 3 (Australia)
Infernal Affairs: End Inferno 3 (USA)
Wu jian dao III: Zhong ji wu jian (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

Argentina:118 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Hong Kong:107 min (theatrical version)

Country:

Hong Kong | China

Language:

Cantonese | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIB | South Korea:15 | Germany:16 | UK:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13

Company:

Media Asia Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Inspector Lau is looking at the cameras which he placed in Yeung's office through his mobile, you can see a timeline at the bottom of the screen of the mobile. Thus revealing it is a pre-recorded shot.

Quotes:

Inspector Lau Kin Ming: I'm a cop too!

Movie Connections:

Remade as The Departed (2006)

Soundtrack:

ROAD TO INFERNO

The quiet men of violence

If you loved the first two 'Internal Affairs' movie, then you'll probably find it easy to also enjoy this concluding part: if not, you may find it more difficult. Part one was a tense thriller; part two, more epic in tone, a prequel that filled in the back story, concentrating on some of the secondary characters from the first film. But it's not completely clear where there's any plot left to fill a third part. What this film does is overlay the previous stories with an additional layer of romanticism and complexity; but there's a certain lack of focus to the plot, with almost all of our favourite characters already dead by the end of the second film (although, in flashback, there's a rebirth for the great Tony Leung, absent from part two). Indeed, the film works almost entirely by encouraging us to feel differently about scenes we have already witnessed. I still liked this third story about the quiet men of violence, and it did succeed in feeling like something more than just a repeat of the earlier films. But it's not so clear how much it adds to them.