Infernal Affairs vs Traffic

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for Traffic). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 27m. Traffic is the older of the two (2000 against 2002). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS Traffic posterTraffic2000
Infernal AffairsTraffic
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 7.1/10
Year20022000
Length1h 40m2h 27m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungSteven Soderbergh
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangDon Cheadle, Dennis Quaid, Erika Christensen, Benicio del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones

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.

Traffic

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy…

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