I like this film, but I certainly don't love it

Rating: 6/10 (6 July 2017)

"Infernal Affairs" is one of the most successful films in Asia, and it became internationally known when Martin Scorsese adapted it to shoot "The Departed".
This is a very good movie - I loved the parallel stories of the undercover cop (DiCaprio) and the bent cop (Damon.) Listening to their Bostonian accents made me think they'd be perfect as the Kennedy brothers - they certainly look the part, especially Damon. So many great performers here - including Mark Wahlberg and Vera Farmiga - and of course, whenever Jack Nicholson is on screen he just wipes everyone else out by sheer force of charisma. He's not only a great actor, but one of the few true stars still with us. But the Chinese one still a better version than the Departed.What the remake did wrong was making the girlfriends of our protagonists into the same person, adding a love triangle, which was unnecessary and distracting. ---From Yidioo