Impulse vs Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 4.9/10 for Impulse). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 41m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2008). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Impulse
Infernal Affairs| Impulse | Infernal Affairs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.9/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Charles T. Kanganis | Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung |
| Main cast | Robert Moloney, Nancy Sivak, Angus Macfadyen, Kathleen Duborg, C. Ernst Harth | Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang |
Synopsis
Impulse
Acting on impulse, Claire Dennison, enjoys a brief fling with a sexy stranger (a dead ringer for her husband), only to realize that the object of her desire is a crazed, manipulative, and tenacious psychopath.
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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