“Infernal Affairs” showcases solid craftsmanship, impeccable production values, and stellar performances that effectively synergize without exploring new narrative territories.

| Original Score: 3.5 | Sep 3, 2024

The images of this film carry true staying power.

| Jul 9, 2024

It plays like a South Korean crime drama married to the outsized Hong Kong melodrama of loyalty and sacrifice: slick and handsome, solidly plotted, and satisfyingly cynical.

| Jun 11, 2023

The first film is the basis of Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, but it is an entire saga based in Hong Kong.

| Feb 14, 2023

The small bursts of action we get are thrilling, and the film is shot with an impeccable attention to tone. But the characters are the story’s lifeblood, and everything the movie puts around them reveals more of the struggle within them.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 22, 2022

...an erratic yet generally rewarding endeavor...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 4, 2021

Internal Affairs is a deliciously twisted thriller from Hong Kong.

| May 18, 2020

The pace and plot are dizzying, but the movie also works as a study of fractured identity: the two have led double lives so long they're no longer sure who they are.

| Mar 13, 2018

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 27, 2007

Seductively shot and beautifully acted, this is like a summation film, bringing together all the themes, motifs, mood, and style of the gritty policier Hong Kong thriller, one that will make John Woo and Michael Mann proud.

| Original Score: A | Aug 18, 2006

This intense, explosive Hong Kong thriller ushers in a new era of hyper-intelligent action.

| May 26, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2006

well-written, well-directed and well-acted genre film

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 26, 2005

Ultimately quiet tepid.

| Original Score: C+ | May 4, 2005

Um inteligente drama policial que se preocupa mais com o desenvolvimento de seus personagens (e com as relações entre estes) do que com tiroteios e reviravoltas.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 3, 2005

Far too light on action to be very exciting, and far too generic and familiar to be genuinely intriguing, Infernal Affairsis ultimately a forgettable affair.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 3, 2005

Everything you'd want in a police action thriller: powerhouse performances, Grade A production values, a good script and suspenseful direction.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 4, 2005

Potboiler Hong Kong cop drama with a fairly interesting plot about moral dilemmas and mixed allegiances.

| Original Score: B | Feb 4, 2005

Solid character-centric piece that's more interested in psychology than in gritty action sequences.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 3, 2005

...has an intensity usually reserved for Greek tragedy.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 5, 2005