Battle Royale vs Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.3/10 for Battle Royale). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 53m. Battle Royale is the older of the two (2000 against 2002). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Battle Royale
Infernal Affairs| Battle Royale | Infernal Affairs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Kinji Fukasaku | Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung |
| Main cast | Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando | Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang |
Synopsis
Battle Royale
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
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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