Infernal Affairs (2002)
Reviewed by: dalvin on 2008-08-09
Summary: Amazing, Simply AMAZING
Tony Leung Chui Wai is one of my favorite actors in the entire world, and that was the reason I purchased this movie. I had no idea what I was in for all I knew was there was a new Tony movie and I had to have it. I was told it was good, but I was not expecting a masterpiece.

This movie delivers incredinbly on all fronts, there is comedy, drama and it moves like an action flick. The cinematography is astounding, this movie is beautifully shot and the performances are amazing.

The story is of Ming(Andy Lau) and Yan (Tont Leung) two informants on the opposite side of the law, Ming a mole for the Triads and Yan a mole for the police force, and they must discover one anothers identities to protect there own and there is also a side story that focuses on mob boss Sam(Eric Tsang) and police super intendant Wong(Anthony Wong) they are seemingly different people in there everyday lives, but how they go about catching one another slip up is relative, they will use anyone or anything to reach this cause..

The entire movie is a game of cat and mouse that leads to one of the most shocking endings I have ever seen in a movie. The way this movie was written, the way it was delivered; I just can't say enough positive about it.

Andy Lau's performance as the twisted and confused Ming, is brilliantly play, so well in fact that there are times I caught myself feeling sorry for him and hoping that he would eventually become that good guy, he claims he wants to be.

Tony Leung is equally astounding as Yan, a character who's loyalty to his new lifestyle has put him in so deep that it is tormenting him. But, he is never so deep in that he questions whats right and wrong, and when I saw the way he was being used, it made me feel even more for him. I mean, he knew he was being used and his sense of righteousness kept him on the sraight an narrow.

Eric Tsang what can I say about him as Sam, what you see is what you get, a ruthless, coniving, backstabbing, stonecold killer. There is something about that look he had in his eyes when he laughed. One bad MoFo.

Anthony Wongs character is another who has several different ways you can view him, I hated him for what he was doing to Yan, but I understood that he didn't like what he was doing either, but he couldn't see another way.

There are other characters such as Keung, played by Chapman To, who was the comic relief but he was great with it. I really liked his character.


A modern day classic if ever there was one. One of the best movies ever made, amazing, simply amazing.


Reviewer Score: 9