Cleaner vs Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.1/10 for Cleaner). Cleaner is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 40m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2007). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cleaner posterCleaner2007 VS Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002
CleanerInfernal Affairs
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 7.8/10
Year20072002
Length1h 28m1h 40m
GenresCrime, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorRenny HarlinAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Main castMaggie Lawson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Robert Forster, Eva MendesTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang

Synopsis

Cleaner

Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.

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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