Imitate purely for imitation

Rating: 5/10 (22 April 2020)

I always think that the Hong Kong version of Infernal Affairs has reached the peak of Hong Kong movies. I figured it out countless times for this.
Before I watched the American version, I thought Martin Scorsese's skill would surpass this classic. A lot of people in the comments were also better than the Hong Kong version.
Objectively speaking, there are excellent places, and the application of cross montage is very exciting. For the Hong Kong version, the soundtrack is more emotional
But returning to the story of the movie itself, the whole is not as good as the Hong Kong version.
I will list a few points for this.
One, characters.
The most important part of the narrative level is the character.
Let me talk about the Hong Kong version first. The beauty of the Hong Kong version is the delicateness of the characters.
Liang Chaowei was tired of undercover life. Because his promotion is a "three years and three years" promotion. Even when facing his ex-girlfriend (Xiao Yaxuan), he could not recognize his true identity. It further highlights his helplessness. When Huang Qiu lived and died, the silent performance fully showed the helplessness of the characters and the motivation for the next action.
This is not so delicate on the undercover played by Xiao Lizi. When Diggman satirized Xiao Lizi at the beginning, he did not show his determination as a policeman. The old policeman just said "do it again, for me." What? Who are you? Why? Being undercover is desperate. The cooperation with the police has always revolved around "I will die if I catch the undercover and catch me." The source of his actions is not clear. And at the end he just wanted to eliminate the previous guilt and get money. He could not take this undercover, or he had more money as a criminal than this. Regarding details, Liang Chaowei 's trust in the female doctor is that she can sleep peacefully and tell the female doctor that he is a police officer. And the trust of Xiao Lizi, who was also insomnia, slept with the female doctor. If the West does n't care much about this bed relationship, why would Little Lizi trust her, but she can pretend to be like everyone else and continue to discuss marriage with her boyfriend who has been in love for four months?
Let 's talk about the second character, Matt Damon, who plays undercover.
The Hong Kong version of Infernal Affairs provided Andy Lau 's motivation to be a good person, and he is more likely to improve on the police side. There is a clear lens that shows himself wandering between good and evil. The Matt Damon police arrested the boss just because he suspected that he had been betrayed, out of self-preservation, and when the boss said he had not betrayed him before he died, he still killed the boss. Also in the movie theater, Brother Chen ridiculed Andy Lau, "So you are worried about yourself, Officer Liu," and in the US version, Matt Damon said, "You are so bully * What do you want me to do, you have to tell me "Come", the former shows selfishness, the latter shows arrogance. The final decision was to give Brother Chen the phone. Brother Chen did not take him to play, he was born with a sense of crisis. So Brother Chen called Andy Lau and found the ringtone. When Brother Chen died, he did n't have a word. Smiling shows his conclusion. Before deciding on his position, Matt Damon also called to advise the boss not to go. The boss yelled and ordered him, so he decided to remove the boss and not only a lot of ink in the process of killing the boss, but also tell the boss woman "We lost him" is superfluous, and the characters change too fast.
The third character, the villain boss.
Zeng Zhiwei's boss is a sinister and cunning but decisive person. He chatted with Huang Qiusheng last second and set off the table next second. His eyes revealed cunning, and his words were full of irony. He was cautious at the first transaction, but the operation transaction failed, and the police knew he had committed a crime but had no choice but to take him. The American version of the boss, an elegant old rogue, suits and leather shoes full of swearing, Matt Damon ordered him, he compromised. When dealing with the Chinese, they were more reckless and more spicy, but the meticulousness was insufficient and the transaction was still successful. The police knew exactly where the transaction was, but they dared not catch people because of surveillance problems and let them go. Brother Chen knows that there are inner ghosts, and he suspects temptation one by one, while the US version of the boss knows that there are inner ghosts, only to test out the newcomer Billy. And the boss in the US version also added some content. First, selling chips that endanger national security, such a big thing, came one or two FBI, and then added an unnecessary criminal motive, Billy asked him the reason, not lack of money or women, when the boss is in like.
The fourth character is a female doctor.
I personally think that this is the worst. The Hong Kong version is two female characters that do not interfere with each other. The US version is a female doctor who connects two undercovers in series. This formed a chaotic relationship between men and women. I was even thinking, who is the child the female doctor is pregnant with? Especially at the end. The female doctor became the only person who knew the identity of the undercover on both sides. Little Li Zi left her things unanswered. The last shot was to sign Xiao Lizi's name and put it in the drawer. For Matt Damon, he just ignored him and did not provide a direct lens to indicate what she might do next. . BTW: How did Diegman find Matt Damon, did not provide direct camera clues. Became the ending for the end. Leaving aside followers of Infernal Affairs 2 and 3, the bad guys in the original edition of Infernal Affairs Hong Kong are still pretending to be saluting, which is even more ironic.
Finally, let me talk about other minor characters.
After Diegman resigned, he apparently became a character in the play that was put on hold. But he was the policeman who had the information on the undercover. That undercover says it doesn't matter? The boss said that if he wanted to do it, he wouldn't do it. He had only one action from resignation to reappearance, which was to kill the police undercover. This viper figure is completely absent in the Hong Kong version, but another senior policeman who knew the undercover identity in the Hong Kong version died as soon as he appeared, so it strengthened the importance of Huang Qiusheng.
There is a small person in the Hong Kong version. Du Wenze played the stupid strong. When Liang Zhaowei was found to be undercover, he showed his loyalty in the underworld and protected Liang Chaowei, which was a passive action. Silly is not stupid. On the other hand, when the American version knew that Xiao Lizi was undercover, it was the bad guy A who took the initiative to test him. This section is not in the Hong Kong version. He told Xiaolizi 314 that they were actually at 344. Then he did not tell others, and finally he questioned him, not far away from other members. The little plum is just downstairs. If you walk from the joint to the end of a street, and pass 314 before you reach No. 344, and walk here to see the dead person, it's fine to stop. This temptation is not rigorous and superfluous. There is a suspicion of imitation for imitation.
Second, the echo of the plot
The Hong Kong version echoes a lot. Liu Dehua and Liang Chaowei met early because they bought audio. There are also common hobbies and pursuits. Echoed the identity of both undercover. At the end, the evidence was sent by the way when the sound was sent. This is not in the US version, but the female doctor directly peeked at the privacy of his boyfriend. You might say that it is not important, ok, let 's move on.
At the beginning, a policeman who knew Liang Chaowei's identity died. At this time, Liang Chaowei, who had been undercover for many years, watched the funeral convoy in the alley and performed a police salute. So at the end he only said the phrase "I'm sorry, I'm a policeman" when he caught Andy Lau. At the end of the US version, Matt Damon said, "No one knows, what are you?" Nani? Someone knows ~ Digman the neglected knows. Although he left for the time being, he was still an insider without dying.
The most important echo is also a cause and effect relationship. The transaction between Brother Chen and the Thais failed, and they found out that there was an inner ghost. In the US version, the police came directly to say that they had an undercover, and Matt Damon reported to the boss, which was very straightforward. On the police side, the reason for not daring to act is that the camera is not installed properly, and then Xiao Lizi directly told the police that there is an inner ghost through the dialogue, and there is no direct evidence, only that there is surveillance here. Isn't such a thing as a monitor so conspicuous in such a barren building? Even if you know it, wouldn't it be checked from the person who installed the camera? And Xiao Lizi said on the phone the method of providing false intelligence, but the poisonous snake Digman did not bird him at all.
Let's just say another echo, Andy Lau 's CIA sent someone to follow Huang Qiusheng. After Huang Qiu 's death, the people in the serious case complained about Andy Lau, so the last arrest and resentment against Andy Lau did not cooperate. Andy was commanded by Huang Qiusheng 's revenge. After those people, the final action was successful, these police applauded him for approval. In the US version, only Digman was the one who complained about Matt Damon, and he was even opened. When Matt Damon was looking for help, I found the undercover in private, so come and help me. At the end there is also a lens of applause, but this meaning is obviously not as interesting as the Hong Kong version of applause.
Three redundant c