Good recycling, but the original deserved more credit!

Rating: 8/10 (28 October 2007)

I'm not denying that this is a good movie, with excellent acting, but I was shocked to experience how 90% of it is just a COPY from the Asian original "Infernal Affairs", which will never have the same chances of viewers, or to get into IMDb's top 250. Shameless recycling for someone like Scorcese. I will never be able to say that this is one of Scorcese's best movies, simply cos it is not really his film, to my opinion. Even the police bureau with the glass offices looks the same...
I'm not blind for some additions like a better character description, and the adaption to American urban setting. In the end, the fantastic main actors saved my impression, so I still could enjoy the greatness of this film version. But let's never forget that the original was already very good!