Alarum vs Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.7/10 for Alarum). Alarum is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 40m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2025). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Alarum
Infernal Affairs| Alarum | Infernal Affairs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.7/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Polish | Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung |
| Main cast | Mike Colter, Sylvester Stallone, Joel Cohen, Beau Bommarito, Scott Eastwood | Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang |
Synopsis
Alarum
Two married spies caught in the crosshairs of an international intelligence network will stop at nothing to obtain a critical asset. Joe and Lara are agents living off the grid whose quiet retreat at a winter resort is blown to shreds when members of the old guard suspect the two may have joined an elite team of rogue spies, known as Alarum.
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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