Infernal Affairs vs The Girl Who Played with Fire

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7/10 for The Girl Who Played with Fire). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 9m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2009). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS The Girl Who Played with Fire posterThe Girl Who Played with Fire2009
Infernal AffairsThe Girl Who Played with Fire
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 7.0/10
Year20022009
Length1h 40m2h 9m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–Denmark
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungDaniel Alfredson
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangAnnika Hallin, Reuben Sallmander, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Noomi Rapace

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 Girl Who Played with Fire

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

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