Infernal Affairs vs Shanghai

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.1/10 for Shanghai). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 45m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS Shanghai posterShanghai2010
Infernal AffairsShanghai
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.1/10
Year20022010
Length1h 40m1h 45m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungMikael Håfström
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangJeffrey Dean Morgan, Hugh Bonneville, Benedict Wong, Franka Potente, David Morse

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.

Shanghai

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.

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