Infernal Affairs vs Need for Speed

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.4/10 for Need for Speed). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 11m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2014). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS Need for Speed posterNeed for Speed2014
Infernal AffairsNeed for Speed
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.4/10
Year20022014
Length1h 40m2h 11m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungScott Waugh
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangAaron Paul, Rami Malek, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Harrison Gilbertson

Synopsis

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.

Need for Speed

The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.

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