It is just a bad terrible Hollywood copy of IA.

Rating: 3/10 (3 May 2009)

It is just a bad terrible Hollywood copy of IA. I can't believe how Hollywood treat the audience. Lots of scenes, dialogues or even acting was the exact same as the original. Even most of the locations was the exact same as the original. The only different was the Hollywood ending. I am very very very disappointed, we can be more creative, this is very sad !!!!! I don't believe the screen play writer hadn't watched the original Infernal Affairs while writing the Departed screen play. I am sure everybody in the cast and of course the writer and Director had watched the Original for at least 10 times if not 100 times. The actors delivered the same exact emotions and writer and director just Americanized the story. Add some sex scene. Add few sub plots not related to the story and a happy resolution in the ending. Come on guys you can be a little more creative with 90 Million dollars budget. The other sad thing is how films are sold and marketed using actor names and not the story line. Infernal Affairs and Departed are great example of this. The Original Infernal Affairs when screened in US just made $89.6K, because in US there are very few people that watch anything made outside Hollywood. Departed made $289 Million by using the same story, plot, character and even dialogue, they just changed the actors and put the known actors and it made close to $ 300 Million . What can I say Viva Hollywood. Brad Bahmanpour