Infernal Affairs vs The Empty Beach

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 4.9/10 for The Empty Beach). The Empty Beach is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 40m. The Empty Beach is the older of the two (1985 against 2002). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS The Empty Beach posterThe Empty Beach1985
Infernal AffairsThe Empty Beach
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 4.9/10
Year20021985
Length1h 40m1h 25m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungChris Thomson
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangJohn Wood, Bryan Brown, Nick Tate, Steve Rackman, Deborah Kennedy

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 Empty Beach

Before shady businessman John Singer disappeared off Bondi Beach, his name meant money--big and small, clean and dirty--a man absorbed in a world of greed and dishonesty. Singer's widow, Marion, believes he's still alive and she employs the investigative skills of the tough, no-nonsense private eye, Cliff Hardy to find him. Battered and bruised, Hardy battles through the filth of corruption and the stench of political blackmail. He comes face…

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