“Infernal Affairs” is mainly about the story of two chaotic men, within which Chen Yongren is an excellent police officer. Ten years ago, he was driven out of the police force into the underworld for undercover which lasted for ten years in the name of discipline. Liu Jianming was a trump card of the underworld chief Han Chen at the police station and was admitted to the police academy at the command of Han Chen for 10 years. Both of them are elites and are two undercover masters hiding in black and white. After the struggle between evil and justice, the evil forces are eliminated and justice becomes the winner. In the course of the game, both sides have their own injuries, which sometimes even indicated that evil has won. But in the end, the side of justice does not give up until victory.
The plot in the movie is very well handled, especially in terms of detail, the processing of which can express the innermost feelings of the movie characters very well, whether it is the emotional communication between men and women or the subtle emotion between men and men. And this movie portrays the bold feelings among men as a hint of sadness, which is no less than the love between men and women while compared to Compared with Chen Yongren, Liu Jianming is fortunate in that he slowly transformed from a black character to a just character. This is also the period in pursuit of fairness and justice. He has more inner struggles even though he is a bad person. Liu, as a very capable person, can stay in the police for so long and so good and was also the best man in the game of wits and brains, leading that he just reversed the whole situation. As Liu’s girlfriend said, the hero has 28 kinds of personality, although he is a bad guy and has made many mistakes, she still hoped to change him as a good man, suggesting that he be a good man. After seeing the death of his boss, Liu also wondered if he was right or wrong in doing so, and was very contradictory in his heart, that was a choice between good and bad, since out of this position, as long as he wanted, he can move in the direction of a good person. The transformation from bad guys to good guys lies in their own choices as Liu said when he killed Han Chen, “the direction of the road is based on your own choice.”
Among the police, there is mutual suspicion and Liu has infiltrated his insider in order to hide his true identity. Liu’s colleague, who is also an spy, has inflicted damage on police officers. The film’s superb story detail vividly portrays the complex and contradictory character of the characters in the film as well as the compact narrative plot, which also brings readers a wonderful feast.
Infernal Affairs is a rare good film in Hong Kong movies. It is not a simple film starred by the stars. Its success lies in making a big breakthrough compared with the previous Hong Kong gangster films. Unlike the other Hong Kong gangster films, this film does not rely solely on heroes, instead, it inquires the audience with exquisite dramas and chic neat footage clips to show the contradictions and conflicts between the characters with ups and downs. In addition, the film shows complicated police and bandit relations, but it is not limited to mutual intrigues. Compared with the common brotherhood in gang movies, the potential spiritual lines given in the film has brought Hong Kong gangster movies to a new level
On the night of February 20, 2018, I watched the movie at my dorm on YouTube.
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