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Infernal Affairs will be revealed in this paper. It is a local Hong Kong gangster movie released in 2002. Alan Mak Siu-Fai and Felix Chong Man-Keung are the scriptwriters, whereas Andrew Lau Wai-Keung and Alan Mak Siu-Fai are the movie directors. Andy Lau Tak-Wah(Lau Kin-Ming) and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai(Chan Wing-Yan) are protagonists ; Anothony Wong Chau-Sang(Wong Chi-Shing) and ­­­­Eric Tsang Chi-Wai(Hon Sam) act sub-leading roles as well.
Justification of Choice The reasons for selecting this movie include the cast, its plot and the reputations. For the cast, the main actors are Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Andy Lau Tak-Wah. They are both famous actors around the globe. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is the most win actor in the Hong Kong Film Award. He received eleven nominations and won five the Best Actor awards up to 2013. He gained his third Best Actor Award due to the excellent performance in Infernal Affairs. Andy Lau Tak-Wah occupied three Best Actor awards in the Hong Kong Film Award’s history as well. This uplifts the charisma of Infernal Affairs and attracts me to choose it for my film review paper. In addiction, Infernal Affairs is a special criminal movie. Movies with undercover topic are commonplaces in the movie industry. However, it is unprecedented to have double undercover topic in Hong Kong’s movies. The plot contains the intensive fights between moles among the police force and the traids. To write a good film review, writers are required watching the movie for at least two times. This helps them to gain a better and deeper understanding towards the movies. They should pick movie that they are interested in to draw and enhance the attentions. I choose Infernal Affairs because its plot can deeply draw my attentions and I am interested for further analyze. After the release of Infernal Affairs, it won a standing ovation from the audience. The lay public praises this film as the most successful piece among the Hong Kong

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