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The Departed (2006, U.S.) vs. Infernal Affairs (2002, Hong Kong)

Organized Crime! That is the focus of both films, however, one of the films is grander in terms of crime–not saying that the crimes they portray in the film should be taken lightly but one trumps the other when being compared. Before we begin, let's take a look at the origins of the original film, which was Infernal Affairs(2002) from Hong Kong. In the U.S. the film was remade and released as The Departed(2006).

***SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT***

The similarities and differences between the two films are very apparent. The general premise of the film – having a cop go deep undercover to infiltrate a crime lord. Another similarity is the characters that are present in both films; both films have a psychiatrist (female) that the undercover cop vents to and falls for, essentially becoming the only person the undercover cop can trust, and also featuring moles  for the crimelord within the police force.

The differences of the two films is of course the location and cast. In Infernal Affairs, the story takes place in Hong Kong where the police are trying to track down the triads that are drug dealing with Thai gangsters. Whereas in The Departed, the story takes place in Southern Boston, where its Police are trying to track down microprocessors that the Irish-American Mafia have stolen and plans to sell to international Chinese mobsters and a supposed government official, so they can supposedly blow up Taiwan. Although in The Departed there were a lack of "good" Asians that could have been portrayed as Police officers or other characters, the film did not leave them out completely. Instead, they are portrayed as diabolical gangsters/triad people that want to destroy whole countries.

However, even though the Chinese are portrayed as the "bad of the bad," they were represented accurately in the sense that the actors really spoke Chinese (Cantonese).

Here we can see the similarities between the two movies.

Overall both films were pretty entertaining to watch. However, I personally liked Infernal Affairs more, maybe it's  because I was able to connect with it more because it was in Cantonese and I understood the whole movie without subtitles(?) Anyways, don't just take my word for it, give it a go.

- W.