Captain Phillips vs Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.5/10 for Captain Phillips). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 14m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2013). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Captain Phillips
Infernal Affairs| Captain Phillips | Infernal Affairs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 14m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Paul Greengrass | Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey, Catherine Keener, Michael Chernus | Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang |
Synopsis
Captain Phillips
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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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