Detective Knight: Independence vs Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.4/10 for Detective Knight: Independence). Detective Knight: Independence is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 40m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2023). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Detective Knight: Independence
Infernal Affairs| Detective Knight: Independence | Infernal Affairs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.4/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Drake | Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung |
| Main cast | Lochlyn Munro, Bruce Willis, Willow Shields, Robert Laenen, Joe Munroe | Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang |
Synopsis
Detective Knight: Independence
Detective James Knight 's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race to stop an unbalanced ambulance EMT from imperiling the city's festivities. The misguided vigilante, playing cop with a stolen gun and uniform, has a bank vault full of reasons to put on his own fireworks show... one that will strike dangerously close to Knight's home.
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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