Infernal Affairs vs The Crimson Rivers

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.9/10 for The Crimson Rivers). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 46m. The Crimson Rivers is the older of the two (2000 against 2002). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS The Crimson Rivers posterThe Crimson Rivers2000
Infernal AffairsThe Crimson Rivers
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.9/10
Year20022000
Length1h 40m1h 46m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungMathieu Kassovitz
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangVincent Cassel, Didier Flamand, Jean Reno, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda

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 Crimson Rivers

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

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