This film will seem familiar to most people if they have seen or heard of Martin Scorsese's The Departed about the Irish mob in Boston. Originally the story was set in Hong Kong and has a very strong Asian cast that as you are watching it you completely forget that the movie is in Hong Kong. Some of the twists and turns that are in this film are so well planned out that you get totally blind-sided by the outcome.A police officer fresh out of the academy is sent out as a mole into a local crime boss's gang, and at the same time the boss sends a mole of his own into the police force. This is more of a psychological thriller than the ordinary action crime films that come out of Hong Kong, The two lead actors here are Tony Leung and Andy Lau, both are excellent actors and carry the duel roles without a problem. As things start to come to a head in the story you begin to wonder you will come out on top and you never know until the very end.
The movie is so good that when you get near the end you honestly think that everything is going to be a happy ending, but the ending is left open for the two sequels that came along. If the sequels that followed are as good as this first film I'll be amazed, they both have some big shoes to fill. Just seeing how wonderful this film is makes me understand how good the new version by Scorsese is.
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