A Most Violent Year vs Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for A Most Violent Year). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 4m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2014). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Most Violent Year
Infernal Affairs| A Most Violent Year | Infernal Affairs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | J.C. Chandor | Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung |
| Main cast | Oscar Isaac, Elyes Gabel, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jessica Chastain, Albert Brooks | Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang |
Synopsis
A Most Violent Year
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
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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