Children of the Night vs Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.5/10 for Children of the Night). Children of the Night is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 40m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2016). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Children of the Night posterChildren of the Night2016 VS Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002
Children of the NightInfernal Affairs
Audience score★ 5.5/10★ 7.8/10
Year20162002
Length1h 30m1h 40m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAndrea De SicaAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Main castMarco Boriero, Fabrizio Rongione, Vincenzo Crea, Ludovico Succio, Yuliia SobolTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang

Synopsis

Children of the Night

Somewhere in the bleak Italian Alps is an isolated boarding school for troubled boys of the ultra privileged. 17-year old Giulio is sent there by his mother and finds himself instantly at odds with both his peers and the staff until the arrival of the eccentric Eduordo. The pair bond over their mutual desire for escape, which they eventually do, and run away to a nightclub in the middle of the woods. There they meet Elena, a young prostitute…

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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