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Infernal Affairs
· 2002

Infernal Affairs

Alan Mak Siu-Fai
undercover operations double agents identity crisis organized crime corruption
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Synopsis

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.

Cinema Atlas Connection
I saw the original 'Infernal Affairs' and I found it to be a very compelling, very well-made picture, and when the script came to me, which was an adaptation of it, I saw possibilities for a terrific American story.
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