
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonUnfolds as a masterful chess match of wit and ingenuity, a cat-and-mouse chase of the highest order. |
| New York TimesElvis MitchellThis stripped-down noir, about a pair of detectives leading undercover lives, signals a new era for Hong Kong filmmaking. |
| Movie GazetteAnton Bitel... furiously paced, full of drama, and as tense as elevator cable ... |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealInfernal Affairs is the combustible Hong Kong fever dream that would emerge from a night spent watching Heat and Donnie Brasco back to back. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertA beautifully crafted, exciting story that keeps on surprising you to the very end. |
| Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)Josh Larsen...has an intensity usually reserved for Greek tragedy. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenPotboiler Hong Kong cop drama with a fairly interesting plot about moral dilemmas and mixed allegiances. |
| Chicago TribuneAllison BenediktIt's hard to breathe in Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs, a relentlessly taut Hong Kong cop thriller that, unlike many of its cinematic peers, doesn't burn off tension in choreographed action sequences. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardThe plot is intricate and tight. The preamble is a bit challenging to sort out. But the movie's engine is the relationships and the characters' inner lives, all of it boiling with emotional intensity. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversThrobs with action, suspense and a seductive rhythm all its own. |