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Infernal Affairs
Andrew Lau, Alan Mak, & Felix Chong
Quite good. I thought this would mainly be a
comparison between Infernal Affairs & The Departed;
however, after some more thought I'm not sure such a
head-to-head matchup is possible. Scorsese clearly
borrows literally everything from this movie (not just
plot/dialogue, but camera angles and random beats),
but I'm still not sure the two films are really
comparable. The Departed is like an extra hour of
runtime and makes subtle tweaks that updates the film
to Western tastes, while Infernal Affairs has a more
textured approach with more emphasis on the
interactions between the two leads. Both accomplish
what they set out to do in their own unique way, and I
think both are excellent films within their own
sphere. I will say that this film was my first foray
into Hong Kong cinema so that's pretty fun.