Infernal Affairs vs Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Ninja: Shadow of a Tear). Ninja: Shadow of a Tear is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 40m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2013). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS Ninja: Shadow of a Tear posterNinja: Shadow of a Tear2013
Infernal AffairsNinja: Shadow of a Tear
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.6/10
Year20022013
Length1h 40m1h 35m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungIsaac Florentine
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangScott Adkins, Vithaya Pansringarm, Kane Kosugi, Shun Sugata, Mika Hijii

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.

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge…

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