Don't be fooled... this is Infernal Affairs remixed by Hollywood.

Rating: 8/10 (14 May 2007)

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is no Yank film. It's a Chinese film series from Hong Kong, a place where the industry still has some original ideas, called Infernal Affairs (1-3). In fact, I have been watching Hong Kong cinema for about 10 years because I'd gotten so bored with the shallowness of American film plots. The real shocker for me was to hear about "this great movie called The Departed", to rent it, and to feel totally ripped off. I've owned the Infernal Affairs DVD set for a few years now and in my opinion, putting white actors in the movie, giving them Boston accents, and making small changes to the script does not a new movie make. These Americans should be ashamed for not giving the original Chinese writers enough credit. Instead, they act like its an American film instead of an American adaption of a foreign film.
Don't get me wrong. The acting talent in this version is outstanding- probably the best in America. But if you want to see a more realistic, more developed version... see the original (don't worry there are subtitles).