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INFERNAL AFFAIRS review

Remake reason by DannyOcean01	Mar 4th, 2003 06:33:43 AM
Hollywood doesn't like any evidence of other filmmaking communities. They prefer to remake known classics, staining their name in the process. It's appalling to see the cinematic process destroyed in this way. If Hollywood truely was in the business of cinematic evolution wouldn't they want the wider world to see examples of great filmmaking across the globe? But they're not and they don't. It's become a business alone, no longer a fusion with artistic practice. It'd be great to see producers emulating someone like Darryl F Zanuck who I believe saw remakes as a scandal, preferring to see the original product earn praise. Where is the Golden Hollywood I loved so much. Where is its lustre?
Bastard remakes!! by Cash Bailey	Mar 4th, 2003 06:55:16 AM
I'm getting sick of it. RING barely scraped by because it added to and enhanced some of the elements of the original.
Glad you finally bought the DVD, Harry! by Dog Of Mystery	Mar 4th, 2003 07:15:47 AM
What, with your all-region, all-format DVD player and all... So, has ANYONE found anything about who is playing Ghost in the Matrix sequels??? Is it everyone's favorite movie psycho Anthony Wong Chau-Sang??? Or is it some lesser talent with the name Anthony Wong?
Speaking of remakes - didn't Willard just play the Alamo Draftho by Veidt	Mar 4th, 2003 08:22:54 AM
So where's the reviews on the site? I'd love to hear what the reaction was.
Anyone can play this DVD!! by harosa	Mar 4th, 2003 08:32:37 AM
The awesome 2 disc Special Edition DVD of this movie is an All Region Disc, so anyone can play it, no need for an All REgion Player.
Piano?? by CDG24	Mar 4th, 2003 08:36:44 AM
Why would people be buzzing about a film that is around ten years old?
DVD available... by Shad0wfax	Mar 4th, 2003 09:05:21 AM
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varz ea/ts/exchange-glance/Y01Y6681 295Y9874672/qid=1046786654/sr= 1-2/002-2821644-3111243
chinese last names by singaban	Mar 4th, 2003 11:22:02 AM
Funny how you list all those directors last names first appropiately but when you got to Zhang Yimou you put Yimou first. Get your facts straight Harry!
Get DVD Here by jyroflux	Mar 4th, 2003 12:29:33 PM
http://www.asiandiscs.com
Infernal Affair WILL be in theater in NYC by SoulBrother	Mar 4th, 2003 01:29:54 PM
This film will be shown in the Lincoln Center New Directors New Films festival here in New York City. There will be two showing - March 27 (6:00pm) and 28 (9:00pm. Get your tickets. It is truly an awesome flick.
The Anthony Wong in the Matrix movies... by Wesley Snipes	Mar 4th, 2003 01:56:34 PM
...Is not the same as the infamous Hong Kong Anthony Wong. The Matrix Wong is a young Asian-American fellow.
Ya know... by WeedyMcSmokey	Mar 4th, 2003 02:56:10 PM
... for a country that's communist - and we were all led to believe how stiffiling and spirit crushing that's supposed to be - they sure are creative in China. Ya, ya - Hong Kong itsn't like mainland China and all that -, but seriously - do you ever think about that? Movies here these days just seem like so much propoganda it's stunning. Now all us geeked out film nuts are looking to "the commies" for entertainment of quality and value. In our own backyard we can choose between commercials for toys, right or left wing propoganda, and remakes of communist films. I think I'll read a book tonight.
HK films.... by sinople	Mar 4th, 2003 10:00:21 PM
Infernal Affairs is okay. Nothing compared to Milkyway in their prime, before they started cranking out romantic comedies. The Mission and The Longest Nite are awesome. Those are films that should be seen a real big screen. Too bad all the first run Hong Kong theatres are closed down in the US now. :(
Walken Diagnosed with Cancer by HarryHater	Mar 4th, 2003 11:59:17 PM
Harry, Wanna hear something HILARIOUS!? 3 months ago, my surgeon told me I have 2-3 years to live...I have severe deteriorating scoliosis which will cause my upper torsoe to virtually cave in on itself until I have congestive heart failure and die. Now, WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS????? I LOVE MOVIES AND I LOVE FREEDOM. I'm sick of people like you and, frankly, don't have time to argue with people the likes of you. I am tired of being banned (5 times ao far) from your website for saying things that do nothing more than criticize you humorously. I use to love this site because of you all being so anti-establishment/big-studio. But now, your CONSTANT CENSORSHIP OF FREE SPEECH MAKES ME SICK... Harry, prove to me you dont do this unnecessarily... I will keep opening new accounts and posting this message until you address this issue. I am not the only person you do this to.
The Mission (Johnny To) does Rock! by Nocturnaloner	Mar 5th, 2003 02:46:30 AM
One of my favorite mob movies, from any country. The dvd is all-region, and the shitty transfer should not stop any o' you geeks from seeking it out! HK discs are cheap, anyhow.
So close to home by Marshy	Mar 5th, 2003 04:52:06 AM
There's a scene towards the end of the movie where one of the cops is thrown off a roof onto a taxi - that's my street!! Well, I thought it was cool. PS - can get you DVD for us$20 and lots of others - marshy00@hotmail.com I know I keep whoring this but, what the hell!!
Best so far by loki's girl	Mar 5th, 2003 05:26:01 AM
I haven't been a talk back for ages but have to put my two pennies worth in for Infernal Affairs. I was in Malaysia over the New Year and it was just released over there but due to family things couldn't get to see it - then managed to get a bad copy but had to watch/read it in my bad cantonese and malay! Finally back in London and got a DVD from www.cd-wow.com, this film is just incredible, I watched it rivetted to my arm chair. Tony Leung is always great - everyone needs to catch him in Hero - and Andy Lau just gets better. I'm lending my DVD to everyone so they can see how good HK cinema is at the moment!
Infernal Affairs is NOT a Communist film. by twindaggerturkey	Mar 5th, 2003 04:22:57 PM
To the extent that the film has any worldview at all, it is Buddhist. (Maybe.) It's a fairly apolitical police thriller. Now, in Mainland China, it WAS released with an incredbily hokey, tacked-on 'alternate ending,' because the HK version portrayed the law as fallible and depicted a criminal getting away with it. I imagine that, subpar as the Hollywood remake may be, they will stick with the original ending.=p
by phacough	Mar 6th, 2003 04:44:22 AM
This movie wasn't that good, only the best of the crap that has been coming out of HK for a while now.
Bobby Peru... by Dagan	Mar 6th, 2003 10:55:23 PM
It's fine to have a contrary opinion, but at least see the film before you form one. This film is not an action film at all. There's only one scene that you could call a shootout that I remember, and it is a very brief and relatively tame affair, totally integrated into the story. But that's basically it. There are no car chases, no real gunplay, no fights, nothing. This is a drama, not an action film, but being a police/triad film there are some bursts of violence here and there. But certainly not action. And there's nothing "eighties" about this film. Infernal Affairs is a morally ambiguous movie and a fairly challenging film that ends on a devastatingly emotionally pure note. Not a happy ending, but not a pull-the-heartstrings sad one, either - just a PERFECT, haunting ending... It's awesome. If anything, this feels more like a SEVENTIES American film - films like Chinatown. Filled with characters that are filled with grey - no absolutes, no black and white, no easy answers. There are simply not mainstream American films being made that are anything like this film now. The fact that'd you'd automatically dismiss this film because it comes from another country is simply absurd. Should a Hong Kong guy not watch Seven or Chinatown because he saw Metro or Double Jeopardy? Come on...
it's on Kazaa by cecilb	Mar 7th, 2003 02:34:42 PM

Delete Cecil B.'s post please - no dirty pirates should have a p by Dagan	Mar 7th, 2003 04:06:09 PM
On a film-lovers website, no less... It amazes me that people can be so ignorant as to think that piracy will not destroy the very industry they profess to love... It destroyed Hong Kong films to the point where Infernal Affairs, a different and exciting film, is looked at as "saving" the industry - an industry that made dozens of films of this calibur on one level or another every year before piracy all but wiped it out. The same will happen to films everywhere now that fast download speeds and DVD burners are commonplace, unfortunately - unless we beat the dirty pirates back into their holes whenever they chose to rear their ugly, ignorant little heads.
Infernal Affairs by vehandojo	Mar 28th, 2003 02:28:29 PM
My first time giving comments here, Harry ... as a fan of Hong Kong films. Glad you notice the great "Infernal Affairs" that has three different endings. I really love the one I saw here in Jakarta. Not gonna tell anybody here what's that, but it's very cool, heartbreaking, and ... damn! I'm speechless. I am never a fan of Andy Lau because he's sort of boring. The last good performance he delivered was in "Xin Shanghai Tan" 1996 ... which looks like "Gangs of New York" only better. Much better. Okay ... on "Infernal Affairs", Harry ... did you spot the Christopher Doyle in the credit role as the Visual Advisor? Not to mention Danny Pang - one of the Pang Brothers that gave us "Bangkok Dangerous" and "The Eye" - as the editor? This film is surely supported by those who know what they're doing! Another thing that I feel need to add is the casting! What a cast! Okay ... here we have two GODS of Hong Kong cinema ... Andy Lau for popularity's sake, and Tony Leung for great acting's sake. Then ... we have Anthony Wong here plays as the good guy (while we can say he's spent most of the times of his life as the bad guy on screen) ... while funny-faced Eric Tsang as the mobster. This strengthens the concept of the movie: good vs. evil, but you can't tell which one is good, and which one is evil. And don't forget ... the casting director (whoever he/she is!) also put Canadian-born-Chinese Edison Chan as the young Andy Lau, also Shawn Yue as the young Tony Leung. Alas ... we know that with a little touch of make-up magic we can see Lau twenty years younger ... as well as Leung. But ... I really think that director Andrew Lau wants to coronate both Edison Chan and Shawn Yue as the next big things in Hong Kong. Man ...... they are really cool and talented. And then the color of the movie! What a tone. What a gripping look and feel ... all the way. Geeez ... the feel of roughness ... it's so dark. One last thing: Kelly Chen (as Tony Leung's shrink) is ... HOT!
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This is an amazing amazing film by Heleno	Apr 11th, 2003 04:53:24 AM
it's kind of a simple premise but it's so well carried out, you can't believe it hasn't been done a million times. Utterly brilliant, beautifully shot, really well acted.

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