Infernal Affairs vs Spy Game

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.9/10 for Spy Game). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 6m. Spy Game is the older of the two (2001 against 2002). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS Spy Game posterSpy Game2001
Infernal AffairsSpy Game
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.9/10
Year20022001
Length1h 40m2h 6m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungTony Scott
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangBrad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Matthew Marsh, Colin Stinton

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.

Spy Game

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

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