annoying!

Rating: 1/10 (24 January 2008)

i love gangster films and something with a little suspense but to completely take another films idea sucks and its annoying.
I find the stealing of the idea annoying enough but it also copies virtually the whole original movie, infernal affairs a Chinese film. For example near the end the gangster pretending to be a cop gets given a mug of coffee... same as the Chinese film. the gangster betrays his boss... same as the Chinese film. the mob boss is running away and calls his guy undercover and u hear a mobile ringing and out pops the gangster pretending to be a cop... same as the Chinese film. the undercover cop finds a note with his handwriting and a word on it when a gang member asked him to spell a word out... same as the Chinese film. i apologise if that was confusing but i don't know their names! i didn't really watch it properly on Sky Movies!!
Its a typical American thing to do... steal another country's ideas (the office from england being another example).
the film, compared to the better Chinese one, is a lot more violent. The film is just too violent and too much swearing when its not needed. the reason why i like the Chinese one more is not because of the originality but because of the smoothness of the story... if that makes any sense! the music sells the film! overall i hate this film... a lot! because its rubbish, too violent when its not even needed, pointless swearing, and worse of all its stolen from a better original film! i don't recommend this to anyone. i do, however, recommend Infernal Affairs the Chinese one. i think it came out in 2001? not sure.