INFERNAL AFFAIRS
Movie: Infernal Affairs
Chinese: 無間道 (Mou gaan dou)
Director: Wai-keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Writer: Siu Fai Mak, Felix Chong
Producer: Wai-keung Lau, Wai-keung Lau
Cinematographer: Yiu-Fai Lai,
Release Date: December 12, 2002
Runtime: 101 min
Language: Cantonese
Country: Hong Kong
Imdb link: Mou gaan dou (2002)
Synopsis:
Ming (Andy Lau) is a mole in the police department. On the command of his Triad boss Sam (Eric Tsang), he became a cop when he was merely 18. After a decade of hard work, he has become a police sergeant in the Criminal Intelligence Bureau. With the help of Sam who tips him off with intelligence of his Triad rivals, Ming manages to earn kudos from his superiors. After passing a recent examination with flying colors, he has high hope of being promoted to probationary inspector.
Yan (Tony Leung) is a police mole in the Triads. Recruited before he even graduated from the police academy, he was initiated into the Triads as a teenaged underling. During his decade as an undercover, he has been convicted eight times of causing bodily harm to others, jailed twice, and sentenced to compulsory psychological counseling. As a Red Pole, or enforcer, his immediate boss is none other than Sam.
Leading parallel lives, Ming and Yan are feeling increasingly trapped in their false surroundings. Wobbling in the inferno between the living and the dead, they are desperate to find a way out. Ming would like to sever all ties with his illegal past and become a real cop. To do so would mean the elimination of Sam. Yan is sick and tired of chopping people up in the name of justice, and is striving to regain his real identity. Only one person can help him: Superintendent Wong (Anthony Wong), the man who recruited him as an undercover.
Their curious paths finally cross each other one fateful evening. During a police attempt to topple Sam's illegal operations, both sides realize there's a mole amongst themselves. A series of cat-and-mouse chases ensue, as each side is competing to uncover their mole first. To make things even more chaotic, Ming is finally promoted to probationary inspector and is transferred to Internal Affairs. His first assignment is to uncover Sam's mole in the police department.
Cast:
Andy Lau - Inspector Lau Kin Ming
Tony Leung Chiu Wai - Chan Wing Yan
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang - SP Wong Chi Shing
Eric Tsang - Hon Sam
Kelly Chen - Dr. Lee Sum Yee
Sammi Cheng - Mary
Edison Chen - Young Lau Kin Ming
Shawn Yue - Young Chan Wing Yan
Elva Hsiao - May
Chapman To - Tsui Wai-keung
INFERNAL AFFAIRS II
Movie: Infernal Affairs II
Chinese: 無間道 II (Mou gaan dou II)
Director: Wai-keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Writer: Siu Fai Mak, Felix Chong
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Runtime: 119 min
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai. English
Country: Hong Kong / China / Singapore
Imdb link: Mou gaan dou II (2003)
Synopsis:
"Infernal Affairs" opens with Yan and Ming as young men in 1991 embarking on their journeys as moles for life, and then jumpstarts to 2002 when their pasts finally catch up with them, culminating in a climactic showdown in the finale. Set between the years 1991 and 1997, "Infernal Affairs II" supplies the missing link as to how and why these two fledgling innocents will ultimately become a callous mole and an undercover cop with ennui.
While Yan is embroiled in the family saga of a triad cartel inextricably tied to his origins, Ming is enmeshed in an oedipal fixation with his boss's wife. Meanwhile, mind-boggling twists and turns are injected into the plot that both shatter established presumptions and shed new light on the characters' convoluted relations. Friendships fracture. Foes join forces. Nothing is what it appears to be.
Cast:
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang - Inspector Wong Chi Shing
Eric Tsang - Hon Sam
Carina Lau - Mary Hon
Francis Ng - Ngai Wing-Hau
Edison Chen - Officer Lau Kin Ming
Shawn Yue - Chan Wing Yan
Jun Hu - SP Luk
Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung - Kwun
Henry Fong - Gandhi
Peter Ngor - Negro
Arthur Wong - Wah
Teddy Chan - Ching
Chung-yue Chiu - Mary
INFERNAL AFFAIRS III
Movie: Infernal Affairs III
Chinese: 无间道III
Director: Wai-keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Writer: Siu Fai Mak, Felix Chong
Producer: Tung-Shing Yee
Cinematographer:
Release Date: December 12, 2003
Runtime: 117 min
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Country: Hong Kong
Imdb link: Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan (2003)
Synopsis:
2004: the Worst of Time Ten months after the murder of Yan (Tony Leung), Ming (Andy Lau) is relegated to the backseat of mundane office work, pending internal investigation. Meanwhile, a new star, Yeung (Leon Lai), has emerged in the police force. His meteoric rise mirrors Ming's very own before Yan's death. Suspecting that, like himself, Yeung could be a mole from the triads, Ming begins his clandestine investigation on Yeung, only to find himself constantly shadowed by a mysterious cripple called Shen (Chen Daoming). He learns that not only is Shen a former business partner of Sam's (Eric Tsang), but he is secretly linked to Yeung. Only too late does it dawn on him that he has already been cornered to a dead end by Yeung and Shen......
2001: The Best of Time After working under Sam's wing for two years, Yan finally gains his confidence by committing egregious crimes. His first big mission is to build up a smuggling network with Shen, a mysterious businessman from China. Little does he realize that Sam actually has his own hidden agenda which will place him in great danger.
Realizing that Yan is slipping out of control, SP Wong (Anthony Wong) tries his best to get him out of the picture. Meanwhile, Yan is sentenced to mandatory psychiatric counseling by the court. The brief encounters with Dr Lee (Kelly Chen) brings temporary calm to his disturbed inner psyche. Inadvertently revealing his true identity to her during a hypnosis session, he gradually develops a special friendship with her.
When ordered by Sam to deal a final blow to Shen, Yan knows his opportunity has finally arrived. In order to gain Sam's ultimate confidence, he decides to betray SP Wong and go all the way......
Cast:
Tony Leung Chiu Wai - Chan Wing Yan
Andy Lau - Inspector Lau Kin Ming
Leon Lai - Inspector / SP Yeung Kam Wing
Daoming Chen - Inspector Shen Chen
Kelly Chen - Dr. Lee Sum Yee
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang - SP Wong Chi Shing
Eric Tsang - Hon Sam
Sammi Cheng - Mary
Carina Lau - Mary Hon
Edison Chen - Young Lau Kin Ming
Shawn Yue - Young Chan Wing Yan
Chapman To - Tsui Wai-keung
Technical Info:
General:
Format.......: Matroska
File Size....: 8.6GB - 11.1GB
Duration.....: 1h 40mn - 2h
Subtitles....: English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional embedded in MKV
Source.......: Blu-ray
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Language........: Cantonese Audio Commentary
