Deep Cover vs Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.8/10 for Deep Cover). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 48m. Deep Cover is the older of the two (1992 against 2002). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Deep Cover posterDeep Cover1992 VS Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002
Deep CoverInfernal Affairs
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 7.8/10
Year19922002
Length1h 48m1h 40m
GenresAction, Crime, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorBill DukeAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Main castLaurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Glynn Turman, Clarence Williams III, Charles Martin SmithTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang

Synopsis

Deep Cover

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.

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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