Infernal Affairs 2 (2003)

               Infernal Affairs 2             

NETFLIX SYNOPSIS:  A veteran cop, Chan Wing Yan (Tony Leung), is given an enormous task: to go undercover within his own department and finger the detective who’s been deceiving everyone and leaking information to the criminal underworld. But the mole (Andy Lau), whose identity Chan doesn’t know, also has no idea who the internal investigator is, and the two soon embark on a dangerous and perilous game of cat and mouse.

REVIEW:  “Complicated” is right.  This prequel to Infernal Affairs left my head spinning at times trying to follow along.  In many ways, IA2 takes on perhaps too much in its attempt to reveal the history of the Ngai crime family and its entangled relationship with the police. Clearly, the script was written after an all-night binge of the Godfather trilogy, with many direct and indirect references to the Corleone family saga.  IA 2 has less action than the original, but maybe more intrigue.  If you can manage to keep track of the plot, you’ll get paid off at the end.

3.5 stars
HAWK