Hong kong stay up to date on the latest news, analysis, and commentary in hong kong. Infernal affairs ii 2003,eric tsang,infernal affairs 2,infernal affairs ii,affairs,trailer,tony leung,infernal,infernal affairs,infernal affairs ii 2003,mou gaan dou, edison chen, shawn yue, anthony chausang wong in this prequel to mou gaan dou 2002, chan wing yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while lau kin ming joins the police force. Former tvb artists reunite in infernal affairs tv drama. Dec 23, 2004 infernal affairs is about a cop who is actually a gangster, and a gangster who is actually a cop. Infernal affairs is about a cop who is actually a gangster, and a gangster who is actually a cop.
Infernal affairs internet movie firearms database guns. This film marked a major change in hong kong cinema which for the last few years had been churning out lame comedies and action movies that were poor at best. Infernal affairs 2002 stream and watch online moviefone. Produced by media asia and former tvb producer tommy leung, the television sequel to the successful film franchise stars many of tvbs former artists, including gallen lo, damian lau, paul chun, bernice liu. Infernal affairs internet movie firearms database guns in. I first saw this movie in hong kong and have owned various vcd and dvd. Richard gere is peck and andy garcia is raymond avila, the investigator determined to bring peck to justice in this supercharged police thriller. Infernal affairs undercover cop yan leung has infiltrated the hong kong triads, but a triad mole in the police department, ming lau, has inturn smoked him out. Released 2002, infernal affairs stars tony leung chiu wai, andy lau, anthony chausang wong, eric tsang the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40. The same triad sends wei jun xuan as an informant into the police force, to finish what his predecessor had failed to do. Sep 23, 2016 the television drama version of the infernal affairs film series is currently shooting in hong kong.
On the other hand, infernal affairs is very much a hong kong movie, and hong kong movies just do things differently. Infernal affairs original trailer turner classic movies. With little actual warning, the hk copsandrobbers thriller infernal affairs destroyed all comers this past christmas season. Hong kong movies, crime movies, gangster movies, crime dramas, dramas, thriller movies, crime thrillers. Hong kong cult movie infernal affairs to get indian remake. It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates a triad, and another officer secretly working for the same gang. Infernal affairs iii 2003,andy,affairs,andy lau,chen,chiu,infernal,infernal affairs,infernal affairs 3,infernal affairs iii 2003,leon lai,leung,tony,trailer. Internal affairs is included in the new york times guide to the best 1,000 movies ever made 2004. In the fiercely modern, anglobalised hong kong, on asias cusp with young. At over 55 million hong kong dollars, the film has gone on to become the territorys second highestgrossing local film behind shaolin soccer.
Infernal affairs unites four of hong kongs top best actor award winners andy lau, tony leung, anthony wong and. The more the moles become involved in their undercover lives, the more issues they have to cope with. Aug, 2010 tsai chins song the forgotten times features prominently in the 2002 hit hong kong film infernal affairs. With laus charismatic face, he delivers his character with such decency all the while keeping a dark secret. Infernal affairs 2002 15 1h 40m crime thrillers a veteran cop goes undercover to expose a detective who leaks information to the criminal underworld. When infernal affairs came out it was at the end of a very bad year for hong kong cinema, it broke box office records beating off films like harry potter and spiderman. Infernal affairs was made in 2002, a hong kong crime thriller directed by andrew lau and alan mak. Smart and engrossing, this is one of hong kongs better cop thrillers. Hong kong affairs are chinas internal affairs, chinese foreign minister wang yi said. Early in the poorly named, brilliantly executed hong kong cop thriller infernal affairs, the fiancee of highranking police officer andy lau talks excitedly about her next novel, the story of a man with 28 personalities.
Jan 10, 2009 the hong kong police begin to surround the building where the final conclusion of the film will take place. It is the highest ranked hong kong film on internet movie databases top 250. Infernal affairs focuses on a police officer named chan wingyan, who goes undercover into a triad, and a triad member lau kinming, who infiltrates the hong kong police force. The english title is a word play combining the law enforcement term internal affairs with the adjective infernal. The hong kong police begin to surround the building where the final conclusion of the film will take place. Infernal affairs ii 2003 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. This is down to, not setpieces, gratuitous sex or violence, or ridiculous overblown budgets, but very well drawn characters that earn our sympathy, even the bad guy characters and also an.
And this time, its an adaption in hong kongwith even some returning characters. Infernal affairs is a 2002 hong kong crime thriller that focuses on two hong kong policemen, one who was recruited to go deep undercover into the triad organization and one who was recruited by the triads to be a mole in the police force. A tightly wound thriller which centers on two hong kong police officers one a gang mole on the force and the other an undercover cop in the gang who share t. If the rest of the hong kong film industry can create films of equal depth, intelligence, and calibre, then im sure that hong kong cinema will be around for a very, very long time. Ten thousand buddhas monastery, sha tin, new territories, hong kong. Having lived that way for a decade, lau takes less delight in the. Released january 10th, 1990, internal affairs stars richard gere, andy garcia, nancy travis, laurie metcalf the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr.
For his part, as the handover of hong kong to china approaches, hau plots to become involved in. Hong kong movies, crime movies, gangster movies, crime dramas, dramas, thriller movies, crime. Lau kin ming andy lau, a young, loyal gangster, is ordered by his triad boss sam eric tsang to join the police force. Jan 24, 2018 simply named infernal affairs, this was commissioned for hong kong television network in 2016, and is scheduled to air for three seasons. Not to be confused with the 1990 american film internal affairs. A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. The arresting opening from directors andrew lau and alan mak, eric tsang addressing his recruits, andy laus secret mission revealed, in infernal affairs, the hong kong police thriller which was remade by martin scorsese as the departed, 2006. Edison chen in infernal affairs 2002 tony chiuwai leung in infernal affairs 2002.
Infernal affairs was codirected by andrew lau who worked as a cinematographer on several of wong karwais films and alan mak. Each mole has been planted by the rival organisation to gain an advantage in intelligence over the other side. Investigating allegations of impropriety and crime among their fellow officers, the men and women are viewed as outsiders by many police, yet few honest officers would deny that they perform a vital service. Simply named infernal affairs, this was commissioned for hong kong television network in 2016, and is scheduled to air for three seasons the first episode has aired in hong kong on 22 january 2018, and while i cannot be certain, it seems like there are 30 episodes for. Its a classic scene in which two opponents, tony leung and andy lau, meet in a stereo. Infernal affairs 19 movie clip the bust goes bad 2002 hd duration. I first saw this movie in hong kong and have owned various vcd and dvd versions over the years, the english subtitles either miss entire sections of dialogue, or. Infernal affairs is a series of three crimethriller films directed by andrew lau and alan mak.
This is of little surprise, as internal affairs is certainly one of the best films to come out of hong kong in a long time. Watch infernal affairs english subtitled prime video. The swift and smart bullet is favoured by the triad leader wu koonyau damian lau, but he is not aware that. Mainland cid officer jiang zidan wang yang, nicknamed bullet, infiltrates a hong kong narcotics inspector. Produced by media asia and former tvb producer tommy leung, the television sequel to the successful film franchise stars many of tvbs former artists, including gallen lo, damian lau, paul chun, bernice liu, derek kok. In each case, the strategy is to leave them in place for years, doing. It stars tony leung hero as the hard nosed cop sent under cover to infiltrate the triad crime ring. Infernal affairs revitalised the ailing crime thriller in hong kong, and the american remake looks to do the same for the american crime thriller. Browse our archives of magazine articles, interviews, and indepth essays from experts in hong kong. Sep 25, 2017 the film is part of a twopicture deal between warner bros. Released january 10th, 1990, internal affairs stars richard gere, andy garcia, nancy travis, laurie metcalf the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 57 min, and received a score of out of 100. Andrew laus hong kong gangster film infernal affairs is set for an indian remake. The title of the movie is a play on both the polices department of internal affairs and the infernal.
Infernal affairs stars two of hong kongs biggest stars. Hong kong movies have changed a lot in the last decade and when infernal affairs came out it was a real change. As infernal affairs opens, ming andy lau of fulltime killer is being initiated. Loyalty and betrayal, with detectives caught in a web. The serial drama adaptation of the hong kong film infernal affairs held a press conference on thursday night. With andy lau, tony chiuwai leung, anthony chausang wong, eric tsang. Released 2002, infernal affairs stars tony leung chiu wai, andy lau, anthony chausang wong, eric tsang the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of 75 out of 100 on. Internal affairs 1990 stream and watch online moviefone. Infernal affairs cant escape the departeds shadow, but. We look back at hong kongs top box office draw from 19852005, and the man who has starred in more than 150 movies. The film is part of a twopicture deal between warner bros. Infernal affairs 2002 infernal affairs is a 2002 hong kong crime thriller that focuses on two hong kong policemen, one who was recruited to go deep undercover into the triad organization and one who was recruited by the triads to be a mole in the police force. Feb 20, 2017 infernal affairs iii 2003,andy,affairs,andy lau,chen,chiu,infernal,infernal affairs,infernal affairs 3,infernal affairs iii 2003,leon lai,leung,tony,trailer. A young gangster is assigned by a crime boss to enter the police academy, and a young academy graduate is spun off from the force and assigned to undercover work as a criminal.
The drama, a reimagining of the original hong kong film, stars gallen lo, him law, bernice liu, toby leung, and derek kok in lead roles the dramas special behindthescenes footage was shot with 360. The film stars tony leung chiu wai, andy lau, anthony wong chausang, eric tsang, and gordon lam katung. When going to the movies can seem like a pretty earnest business. As infernal affairs opens, ming andy lau of fulltime killer is being initiated into the criminal underworld by triad boss sam eric tsang of the accidental spy, who ends his speech to his. The hong kong crime thriller infernal affairs begins with a buddhist epigram, though not a particularly memorable one something about continuous hell being the worst of the eight hells. A veteran cop is sent to covertly take down a crime gang, but his assignment becomes complicated when he discovers a spy in the police department. Janet maslin of the new york times said, internal affairs is, for the dim movie season that is traditionally january, an unusually bright light. Jiang zi dan, a chinese police officer, is sent to hong kong to go undercover as a triad member. Infernal affairs is a 2002 hong kong crime thriller film directed by andrew lau and alan mak. The internal affairs departments of police forces nationwide are bastions of secrets and suspicion. However the comedy is a large part of hong kong cinema, as is the gangster genre. I first saw this movie in hong kong and have owned various vcd and dvd versions over the years, the english subtitles either miss entire sections of dialogue, or are poorly translated.
Infernal affairs boasts an elaborate orchestral score of the kind rarely deployed in recent hong kong film while also engaging in the now common practice of having a pop hit not necessarily used within the film but associated with or inspired by the motion picture. Leung and lau are great contrasts to each other but at the same time, also compliments each other. I noted golden chicken was mentioned earlier, and that sums up many of the lame comedies that have recently been churned out. Renowned cinematographer christopher doyle served as visual. Infernal affairs mou gaan dou 2002 rotten tomatoes. Infernal affairs 99 movie clip im a cop 2002 hd duration. It is the first in the infernal affairs series and is followed by infernal affairs ii and infernal affairs iii.
Feb 27, 2004 infernal affairs is a gripping thriller with grandstanding drama, muscleclenching suspense and two great action leads in tony leung and andy lau. Infernal affairs is a gripping thriller with grandstanding drama, muscleclenching suspense and two great action leads in tony leung and andy lau. Tsai chins song the forgotten times features prominently in the 2002 hit hong kong film infernal affairs. The movie was a moderate success but performed better on home video. The swift and smart bullet is favoured by the triad leader wu koonyau damian lau. Watch infernal affairs 2001 full movie free online.
With infernal affairs, hong kong filmmakers wai keung lau and siu fai mak have successfully taken a smart script and a great cast, added some stylistic cinematography, and dualfistedly given a new twist to a formulaic genre. Infernal affairs 2002 15 1h 40m crime thrillers a veteran cop goes undercover to expose a detective who leaks information to the criminal underworld, but the mole doesnt know whos tracking him. The first episode has aired in hong kong on 22 january 2018, and while i cannot be certain, it seems like there are 30 episodes for its first season either that, or 10 episodes in one season. Jan 18, 2005 the hong kong crime thriller infernal affairs begins with a buddhist epigram, though not a particularly memorable one something about continuous hell being the worst of the eight hells. Given its massive boxoffice take, some might judge the film to be a victim of massive hype, and be disappointed at the. The american and the chinese heads of foreign offices exchanged their views on the massive protests in hong kong before their talks at the us state department on wednesday. Jan 01, 2000 infernal affairs undercover cop yan leung has infiltrated the hong kong triads, but a triad mole in the police department, ming lau, has inturn smoked him out. Hong kong cult movie infernal affairs to get indian. Having lived that way for a decade, lau takes less delight in the idea. Infernal affairs tv series 20182018 the movie database. The television drama version of the infernal affairs film series is currently shooting in hong kong. Mainland cid officer jiang zidan wang yang, nicknamed bullet, infiltrates a hong kong triad group in an attempt to investigate a crossborder drug trafficking case and encounters hong kong narcotics inspector wai chunhin him law and female officer chan yuetki cecilia so. Infernal affairs is a 2002 hong kong crime thriller film directed by andrew lau and alan mak and written by mak and felix chong. Gallen lo and bernice liu play a couple in infernal affairs.
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