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Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong crime action thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak from a screenplay written by Mak and Felix Chong. The film stars Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Sammi Cheng and Kelly Chen. The film follows an undercover Hong Kong Police Force officer who infiltrates a triad and another police officer who is secretly a spy for the same triad. The film is the first in the Infernal Affairs series, followed by Infernal Affairs II and Infernal Affairs III (both 2003).
Plot
Hon Sam, a Hong Kong triad boss, sends Lau Kin-ming, a young gangster, to the police academy to become his mole in the Hong Kong Police Force. Around the same time, cadet Chan Wing-yan is ostensibly expelled from the police academy, but is actually selected to be an undercover cop reporting only to Superintendent Wong Chi-shing, who sends him to infiltrate Hon's triad. Over the next ten years, Chan is under great stress due to his questionable actions working undercover. Meanwhile, Lau quickly rises through the ranks, becoming a Senior Inspector.
Awards
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| author | Alan Mak Felix Chong |
|---|---|
| award | Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film |
| contentLocation | Hong Kong |
| director | Alan Mak Andrew Lau |
| editor | Curran Pang Danny Pang |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | build bury criminal past drug deal erase expel first time gamble gunshot wound hong kong police force identity document identity file inspector internal affairs joke kill meet mole news report police academy police force police headquarter police officer record report senior inspector struggle superintendent triad true identity turn undercover cop |
| musicBy | Chan Kwong-wing |
| nomination | International Submission to the Academy Awards |
| producer | Andrew Lau |
| productionCompany | Basic Pictures Media Asia Films |
| publisher | Media Asia Entertainment Group |
| recordedAt | Hong Kong |
| theme | gangster police |