A Bittersweet Life vs Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.4/10 for A Bittersweet Life). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 59m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2005). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Bittersweet Life
Infernal Affairs| A Bittersweet Life | Infernal Affairs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kim Jee-woon | Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung |
| Main cast | Kim Yeong-cheol, Lee Ki-young, Lee Byung-hun, Kim Roi-ha, Hwang Jung-min | Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang |
Synopsis
A Bittersweet Life
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
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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