Infernal Affairs vs The City of Lost Souls

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.2/10 for The City of Lost Souls). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 42m. The City of Lost Souls is the older of the two (2000 against 2002). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS The City of Lost Souls posterThe City of Lost Souls2000
Infernal AffairsThe City of Lost Souls
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.2/10
Year20022000
Length1h 40m1h 42m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama
Country––
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungTakashi Miike
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangRen Osugi, Teah, Michele Reis, Patricia Manterola, Mitsuhiro Oikawa

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.

The City of Lost Souls

Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in Tokyo's booming Japanese-Portuguese community and seeks passage from the country from a Russian mobster. To meet his price, they hold up a bigtime drug deal between the Chinese Mafia and the local Yakuza.

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