36th Precinct vs Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.9/10 for 36th Precinct). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 51m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2004). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

36th Precinct poster36th Precinct2004 VS Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002
36th PrecinctInfernal Affairs
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 7.8/10
Year20042002
Length1h 51m1h 40m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorOlivier MarchalAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Main castGérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, André Dussollier, Valeria Golino, Alain FiglarzTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang

Synopsis

36th Precinct

In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.

Infernal Affairs

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

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