Infernal Affairs vs Sovereign

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.9/10 for Sovereign). Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS Sovereign posterSovereign2025
Infernal AffairsSovereign
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.9/10
Year20022025
Length1h 40m1h 40m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungChristian Swegal
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangDennis Quaid, Nick Offerman, Tommy Kramer, Jacob Tremblay, Megan Mullally

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.

Sovereign

Struggling single father Jerry indoctrinates his son Joe into the sovereign citizen movement, teaching him that laws are mere illusions and freedom is something you take. But, as Jerry’s ideology consumes them, they are set on a collision course with a police chief who has spent his life upholding the rules that Jerry has spent his tearing down.

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