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Infernal Affairs III

Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan

China, Hong Kong

2003

118 Min
Color
2.35:1
Mandarin, Cantonese
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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DIR Andrew Lau Wai-keung, Alan Mak

EXEC John Chong, Hongfei Han

PROD Gao Feng Jun, Andrew Lau Wai-keung

SCR Alan Mak, Felix Chong

DP Andrew Lau Wai-keung, Ng Man-Ching

CAST Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Andy Lau, Leon Lai, Daoming Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Sammi Cheng, Carina Lau, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Chapman To

ED Curran Pang, Danny Pang

MUSIC Chan Kwong Wing

Synopsis

Because Chan was being expelled from the school in 1991, SP Yeung Kam Wing graduated, with all police reports distinctions, being the first in whole class. Twelve year later, he was being sent, working to Lau. Ten months after Chan dies, Yeung’s spy had blew a case and the spy wish to kill Yeung, but Yeung took his gun and shot him to conclude this failure. Lau gave Yeung car park seat B3A6 when Yeung met Lau. Yeung asked Chan who he is, but Chan didn’t remember him. Sam works with Yeung and Lau is recording Yeung’s words so that he can sue Yeung. Yeung is a police SP, which is being sent to Sam as the spy from police. Lau doesn’t really know Yeung’s Police SP position and wish to catch Yeung to the police head. Yeung work with another inspector who is a good friend of Yeung himself. Lau sneaked into Yeung’s office, stealing the cassette, and ask the head to tell him that Yeung is the spy of the triad… –IMDb

Director

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Andrew Lau Wai-keung

Andrew Lau Wai-Keung (born 4 April 1960) is a Hong Kong cinematographer and filmmaker. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai. In the 1990s, Lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film director and producer. Apart from making films in his native Hong Kong, Lau has also made films in China, Korea and the United States. A highly prolific filmmaker, Lau has made films in a variety of genres, and is most notable in the West for his action and crime films which include the Young and Dangerous film series, and the Infernal Affairs trilogy (the latter co-directed together with Alan Mak).

Andrew Lau was born 4 April 1960, and is one of six siblings. As a child, he was raised in the New Territories of Hong Kong. His father worked as a construction worker on Hong Kong Island. Since his parents did not have time to concentrate on all of their children, Lau… read more

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Alan Mak

Mak made his directorial debut in 1997, with his first film being Nude Fear, which was written and produced by Joe Ma. After that, Mak had directed more films such as Rave Fever, A War Named Desire, Final Romance and Stolen Love, which would be his first collaboration with writer Felix Chong.

In 2002, Mak and Chong wrote their first script together. The movie was Infernal Affairs, which was produced by Mak’s directing partner, Andrew Lau, who also served as cinematographer. Lau and Mak also served as directors for the film, and it would be the first of many collaborations involving the directing duo.
Infernal Affairs starred the four top actors of its year – Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Eric Tsang and Anthony Wong – along with the year’s two top actresses – Kelly Chen and Sammi Cheng. Infernal Affairs was the number one box-office hit in Hong Kong that year, breaking several box office records alone. Furthermore, the film won many Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Picture… read more

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Dav I.D.

2Dec11

Convoluted but occasionally engaging end to the trilogy.

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MarcusArcus

28Oct11

Horrible.It's got incoherent written all over it.Plus,it isn't a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy.1 out of 5 stars

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Yeng Hang

31Jul10

This movie is a mess. A completely desperate cashgrab that is redeemed by only one thing: Tony Leung's performance. It's not an actor's performance, but a movie star's--one of pure charisma and a joy to watch.

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filmbeats

6Jul10

I tried watching the extended version of this but it was too confusing and I just skipped to the end to see how the characters were linked to each other.

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