Infernal Affairs vs The Sentinel

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.1/10 for The Sentinel). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 48m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2006). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS The Sentinel posterThe Sentinel2006
Infernal AffairsThe Sentinel
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.1/10
Year20022006
Length1h 40m1h 48m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungClark Johnson
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangKiefer Sutherland, Blair Brown, Eva Longoria, Clark Johnson, Paul Calderon

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 Sentinel

Veteran Secret Service agent Pete Garrison investigates a colleague's murder and is subsequently framed as a mole in an assassination attempt on the President due to the machinations of a blackmailer who knows the secret he is hiding. Disgraced, dismissed, and now a fugitive with two relentless federal investigators hot on his heels, Garrison must both clear his name and save the president from assassination.

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