Backdraft vs Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.7/10 for Backdraft). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 17m. Backdraft is the older of the two (1991 against 2002). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backdraft
Infernal Affairs| Backdraft | Infernal Affairs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 1991 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 17m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ron Howard | Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung |
| Main cast | Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jack McGee | Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang |
Synopsis
Backdraft
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
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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