It is a remake of the 2002 hong kong film infernal affairs. Its a remake of the film infernal affairs mou gaan dou produced in hong kong. The album was awarded danish upfront dance release of the year at the 1999 danish grammy awards. Os infiltrados the departed infernal affairs 2006 dvdrip. Jan 31, 2007 the departed 2 not based on infernal affairs 2 january 31, 2007 john campea 32 comments ok, as most of you know already because ive only mentioned it almost every single time weve talked about the departed, the departed is based on the sinlge best cop movie ive ever seen, an asian film by the name of infernal affairs. Martin scorcese fleshed it out and added more character complexity and some terrific dialogue. The departed and infernal affairs are quite different. Its the hong kong film that the upcoming starladen the departed is based on, and its also damn good. Contrasting infernal affairs hong kong and the departed hollywood. Giornalista, critico e scrittore, monahan per il cinema ha sceneggiato le crociate di ridley scott. The departed vs infernal affairs by jeremy laborde. In 2006 martin scorsese released the departed, an american crimethriller packed with a powerful cast. The departed il bene e il male uno dei migliori scorsese di sempre, e siamo vicini al capolavoro. The departed 2 not based on infernal affairs 2 the movie.
The film went on to become an instant classic within the genre, coming away with four academy awards for best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, and best film editing. I personally believe ia is a very flawed film but still better than the departed. 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. Nov 20, 2006 first of all, i love both the infernal affairs trilogy and the departed. Popular videos infernal affairs infernal affairs topic. Mtv news talks to the screenwriter whos shaping the future of the dc cinematic universe. Infernal affairs 2 is a prequel that takes place years before the events in infernal affairs, and tells the story of how these characters came to be. This highoctane action film was the inspiration behind.
Infernal affairs came out a few years before the departed, and its almost a mirror copy of what martin scorcese did. Infernal affairs was a super hightension adrenaline rush that shredded my nerves. The ingenious idea for this outstanding hong kong thriller is to present a doubleundercover story, with a cop infiltrating a triad gang while at the same time a gangster manages to work his way into the same police squad that are investigating his own gang. While the departed keeps the basic structure of the original, it is very much its own movie, so much so that the screenwriter, william monahan, didnt even watch the original film while adapting its screenplay, thus enabling him to infuse the script with his, and. Finally, i want to point out to you that it seems you do not realize that infernal affairs is just one part in a film trilogy. The inspiration taken from this movie by scorsese is quite obvious, but it was nice to see i wasnt simply watching the departed all over again. Infernal affairs mou gaan dou 2002 rotten tomatoes. First of all, mings mary in infernal affairs 1 is an extremely annoying character. Sze, man hung, stephen and shen, yiting graduate student dept.
In fact, you could say the combination of two directors is better than the one. Cant escape the departeds shadow, but watch it anyway. Comparing to infernal affairs, the departed, which is the remake of infernal affairs in the. Infernal affairs is a series of three crimethriller films directed by andrew lau and alan mak, starring andy lau and tony leung. Contrasting infernal affairs hong kong and the departed hollywood by prof. Infernal affairs cant escape the departeds shadow, but. Trilogy compilation buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from search ebay for.
The departed 2 not based on infernal affairs 2 january 31, 2007 john campea 32 comments ok, as most of you know already because ive only mentioned it almost every single time weve talked about the departed, the departed is based on the sinlge best cop movie ive ever seen, an asian film by the name of infernal affairs. Martin scorsese has made better films than infernal affairs the departed just isnt one. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of infernal affairs 2. This mashup video features the departed and the movie it was based on, infernal affairs. Dec 23, 2004 infernal affairs is about a cop who is actually a gangster, and a gangster who is actually a cop. Download the departed 2006 yify torrent for 1080p rar. Contrasting infernal affairs hong kong and the departed. It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates a triad, and another officer secretly working for the same gang. The departed, part 2 0 hours and 43 minutes movie 2017 as the vikings establish their stronghold in york, ivar is determined to lead the great army. While the departed is a worthy adaptation and original sources shouldnt be privileged for merely being the best, infernal affairs is also a fantastic film that deserves its own separate accolades. The film has also inspired many remakes, including kim dongwons city of damnation and jd.
Though yours truly hasnt seen the film that scorsese has borrowed from, its highly evident that the director has put his own stamp on this american remake. Nonstop way, i want to be you, i i, infernal affairs 1, mou gaan dou. Finally, the infernal affairs 2 script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie infernal affairs 2. My infernal affairs is better than scorseses says lau. Having discovered the film is a remake of a superior foreign film this explains. However, it is my contention that the departed surpassess the infernal affairs series in being a movie just as much about the ethnicity of its characters, the culture of its specific location, and its time periods, as it is about two moles who hunt each other down and the lives they. Besides being a great film, infernal affairs has significance as revitalizing the hong kong film industry.
Lau kin ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Infernal affairs is a little less gentle on the viewer in the storyline setup, and its a bit difficult to work out whats going on at first, but if you stick with it its a very rewarding film, and much grittier than the departed. There is a constant question of good vs evil in infernal affairs, with the double act by the two characters creating a disconnect between law and morality. Jack nicholson and martin scorsese in the departed 2006 leonardo dicaprio and martin scorsese in the. Infernal affairs breaks with the comedy, keeps the gangsters lau being a first class clean cut one whilst leung acts a remarkable strained police officer and adds clever and intelligent tension. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. In each case, the strategy is to leave them in place for years, doing. Infernal affairs is the debut album by the danish dance act infernal, released in 1998 in denmark. Im after tony wong in the untold story 2, anybody outthere got it. The departed stars leonardo dicaprio, matt damon, jack nicholson, and mark wahlberg, with martin sheen, ray winstone, vera farmiga, and alec baldwin in supporting roles. Infernal affairs the departed is a remake of this movie.
Infernal affairs and the departed to me are thus manifestations of these two styles in terms of narrative. Infernal affairs, starring andy lau and tony leung, is about a hong kong police officer who goes undercover in a. Hong kong film style from the visual panache of wong karwai to the grittiness of fruit chans independent features has kept the hong kong film brand viable. Based on the chinese film trilogy infernal affairs, the departed relocates this story of undercover cops and robbers to the violent region of south boston.
The prequel to andrew lau and alan maks smash hit infernal affairs opens in 1991, with inspector wong anthony wong explaining the frustrations of police work to gangster sam eric tsang. Infernal affairs is a hong kong film from 2002, and was the inspiration for the departed. The departed 2006, infernal affairs 2002 failed critics. 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. Trilogy compilation buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods. Infernal affairs is really about the psychological impact of undercover work, and everything else takes a back seat to that. It became an unexpected success, selling more than 80,000 copies twotimes platinum.
Wth the exception of the cultural elements boston, irish mafia etc the departed is pretty much a carbon copy of infernal affairs. Im a fan of the hong kong film, infernal affairs, upon which this is based. A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Scorsese also said he never saw infernal affairs throughout the entire process of making the departed. Chen wing yan is an undercover agent who has been chosen since his days in the police academy to infiltrate the. The film stars tony leung chiu wai, andy lau, anthony wong chausang, eric tsang, and gordon lam katung. These included flash point 2007, undercover 2007, and on the edge 2006. Despite whatever misgivings that mak may have, today, both infernal affairs and the departed stand as masterpieces in the genre of gangster films, and more specifically the subgenre of undercover agent movies. With andy lau, tony chiuwai leung, anthony chausang wong, eric tsang. It was a great movie and i thought it would be able to hold its. It is the first in the infernal affairs series and is followed by infernal affairs ii and infernal affairs iii.
Infernal affairs internet movie firearms database guns. For starters, theres the sheer speed at which the story rattles along. Although they share virtually identical plots, and some scenes are replicated almost shotbyshot, they have taken approaches which are poles apart. It was created as a final project for my contemporary us cinema course at louisiana state university at. 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 in. After reading some of the comments here i will pick up internal affairs and watch it. Dec, 2012 infernal affairs the departed is a remake of this movie. Infernal affairs is one of the most successful films in asia, and it became internationally known when martin scorsese adapted it to shoot the departed. Infernal affairs is one of the most successful films in asia, and it became internationally known when martin. Two cops on opposite sides of the law face off in a riveting crime thriller from hong kong. Infernal affairs is a 2002 hong kong crime thriller film directed by andrew lau and alan mak and written by mak and felix chong. 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. Collectivism versus individuality a case study duration.
Links search the internet movie database for infernal affairs. Infernal affairs, which starred andy lau, tony leung chiuwai, anthony wong and eric tsang, was previously helmed by directors andrew lau and alan mak. Betrayal chan wing yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Oh, and yes its a remake of a movie made four years previous, a hong kong procedural called infernal affairs, which is a deft, shiny, fastmoving thriller that, unless you allow for inference, asks almost none of the moral questions that scorsese makes overt in the departed. Infernal affairs cant escape the departeds shadow, but watch it. A crosscultural comparison of infernal affairs and the departed. Movies birds of prey writer christina hodson on living with harley quinn and her future in the dc universe.
Infernal affairs is a 2002 hong kong crime thriller film directed by andrew lau and alan mak. In infernal affairs, chan leonardo dicaprios character reports only to his superior, wong martin sheens character. The film went on to become an instant classic within the genre, coming away with four academy awards for best picture, best director, best adapted. A veteran cop goes undercover to expose a detective who leaks information to the criminal underworld, but the mole.
In kattegat, lagertha misjudges king harald and pays a heavy price. The acting is first class, as is the mood that truly captures the zeitgeist. But i prefer the departed over the entire infernal affairs trilogy, and heres why. The departed 2 not based on infernal affairs 2 the movie blog. Infernal affairs 3 explores through an intricate interlacing of stories what happened before and after tony leungs. Actionforeign directed by wai keung lai and siu fai mak, ia 2 is the prequel and ia 3 is the sequel to the highly successful original infernal affairs, the movie on which martin scorcese based his recent hit, the departed, on. Years later, their older counterparts, chen wing yan and inspector lau kin. It inspired hollywood director martin scorseses oscarwinning film, the departed 2006. Its about the undercover cop world with a crazy amount. Infernal affairs hong kongs most popular gangster film. I saw this movie in the theater in 2002 when it was originally released. Watch infernal affairs english subtitled prime video. If you dont know, infernal affairs is the first of a trilogy.
I loved jack nicholsons roguish, charming performance as an old school, career gangster who keeps everyone guessing. As the torrent of water dried up for the first time in thousands of years. The departed is a 2006 american crime film directed by martin scorsese and written by william monahan. Chen wing yan is an undercover agent who has been chosen since his days in the police academy to infiltrate the crime world, particularly the gang of the notorious sam. Infernal affairs xvid chinese, english subs download. Andrew lau worked as a cinematographer for wong karwai on two of his films, and this likely lends infernal affairs its 90s arthouse influence. Infernal affairs, starring andy lau and tony leung, is about a hong kong police officer who goes undercover in a local gang and.
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