2002 · thriller · crime
Infernal Affairs
Directed by Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung1h 41m2002
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
Our read: Infernal Affairs (2002) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
- twisty
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