Infernal Affairs vs The Net

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6/10 for The Net). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 54m. The Net is the older of the two (1995 against 2002). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS The Net posterThe Net1995
Infernal AffairsThe Net
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.0/10
Year20021995
Length1h 40m1h 54m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungIrwin Winkler
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangL. Scott Caldwell, Sandra Bullock, Ray McKinnon, Juan Garcia, Jeremy Northam

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 Net

Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'surfing the net'. While de-bugging a new high-tech game for a cyber friend, she comes across a top secret program and becomes the target of a mysterious organization who will stop at nothing to erase her identity and her existence, in order to protect the project.

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