Since it is an adaptation of a Hong Kong film, I don't think a score over 8 shall be given...

Rating: 7/10 (21 October 2009)

I am a Chinese, and I do not necessarily take Hong Kong movies so seriously, because their directors have shown an increasing eagerness to make gangster or Kungfu movies, which of course usually fail to be creative in plot and acting...
When I heard Martin Scorsese is going to adapt the famous Hong Kong movie "Infernal Affairs", I got amused - Well, does Mr. Scrosese need a good story so badly that he turns to a Hong Kong one? And of course I am not surprised that he still completely showed his contempt to China in the film, though theoretically speaking, the story was created by a Chinese...
How can I say that? Shall I be very happy with the arrangement? Of course not, I have seen it in China and it is only the same story told in another way...But I still have to put up with the dirty talks and the not-so-reasonable arrogance of Jack Nicholson when he traded with the Chinese mafia, repeatedly quoting "IN THIS COUNTRY"...Well, yeah, does Martin Scorsese wanted to say even mafias in America are far better off? Even if it is true, is it something that you are going to take pride in? Save me these laughs...
But the editing is terrific, and it is better than the Hong Kong version. No doubt in its Academy Award. And this is the only thing that is impressive to me in this movie...