Infernal Affairs/The Ninja Pays Half My Rent

Anthony Wong in Infernal Affairs Tonight, I'm going to see Infernal Affairs, an extremely suspenseful, twisty Hong Kong cop movie, tonight as part of New Directors/New Films.
Elvis Mitchell gives the film a great review and mentions Anthony Wong who plays the police supervisor. Wong had great presence and has his own rock band according to IMDB. The look of the film is also much-talked about, as it's got this bluish tinge, that makes the film seem more mature than most other Hong Kong movies. Mitchell likens it to Michael Mann's Heat, another twisty cop movie.

Me and my ninja The Ninja Pays Half My Rent is the short film playing before Infernal Affairs. Directed by Steven Tsuchida, you can see it before Infernal Affairs, but don't worry if you aren't going tonight - see it here.

Check out his bio and read past Ninja Pays coverage to see how I know Steven. (Yes, I'm a name-dropping fool!)

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By Jen Chung in Arts and Events on March 28, 2003 1:53 AM

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Jen

Clearly, it won't. There's something much more intimate about Hong Kong, in terms of how the city is teeming with buildings and people and how that affects everything else, like the police and triads.

Eric

Just watched Infernal Affairs, one of the best HK movies I've seen. I don't think the Hollywood version is going to have the same elegant touch though in terms of Hong Kong triad brotherhood.