Elmofongo: OK this time I saw the movie.
Alot shorter than Departed.
And less of that "Martin Scorsese" style of the Departed. There is humor but lets say the movie takes itself alot more seriously. The characters even the criminals act more like real people.
And even the differences is that Lau (this version of Matt Damon's character) willfully betrays Hon.
Oh and the ending can be open up the various interpretations he visits Yan's his funeral months later and still being a cop. Is there some kind of remdemption of him? He became a law abiding cop as the months passed?
XYCat: He wanted to get clean but there was no way but to kill everyone who knew about him. So in the end he became "clean" but he's shown to be carrying that guilt still. However if you really want to know how the story went after that then you should watch the other two movies. Infernal affairs 2 is a prequel with young Yan and Lau and it's more centered on the cop chief and the mob chief who really were friends once as is suggested in the first movie. It also brings up more interesting stuff about all of the characters. And Infernal Affairs 3 is a direct sequel to the first movie with Lau facing what he did and how he tries to make up for it.
A lot of people say that while both of the movies are really good, they're not as good as the first one, but for me it's a full three part story with each part being as important as the other two and I really liked how the story ended in the third film.
Would you recommend me these sequals? Because preferably I like the ending as it is.
