Wikipedia:
Infernal Affairs 2002 (Mandarin Pinyin: Wú Jiān Dào) is a 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It tells the story of an undercover cop who infiltrates a crime gang, and a police mole secretly working for the same gang. The Chinese title means “the non-stop path”, a reference to Avici, the lowest level of hell in Buddhism. The English title combines the US law enforcement term ‘internal affairs‘ with a reference to Dante’s Inferno. Due to its commercial and critical success, Infernal Affairs was followed by a prequel, Infernal Affairs II, and a sequel, Infernal Affairs III, both released in 2003.

Somebody said before, it is not easy to lie, but if you have to lie in every sentence, it is very difficult. This is the life of a spy, a real life actor.

Memorable scenes in the movie:

1.  Chen (Yong Ren) and Liu (Jing Ming) in the hi-fi store. The scene is simple and relaxed yet you can smell kind of harmony between the two.

2.  Superintendent Huang and Chen on the roof. Huang gave Chen a watch as birthday gift. He is probably the only person in the world that knows Chen’s B-day.  “Chen: Is this a pin-camera? Huang: Damn kiddo, it is your birthday. What’s wrong with giving you a gift? Chen smiles. “Just 3 lines of dialogue, reveals the warmth in their relationship.

3. Chen just stepped out of the car. Superintendent Huang was dropped from the roof on to his car. That’s such a powerful scene. Your only connection to the real world and your only family died in front of you, yet you cannot touch, cannot speak. You have to run away.

4. Chen and Liu outside of the movie theater. If they walk one step further, they would see each other. Yet, they choose to hold back. Ah..the tension ….

5. Chen hug the psychiatrist. It’s a goodbye hug, after they confessed to each other. Chen has lost the last hope. He is going to walk onto a path that has no turn-around, his the last gamble. There is no kissing, just a hug, almost polite. Just hold each other. Yet, you can still feel his feeling.

Hongkong movie industry and actors are so good at expressing the love and brotherhood without any fancy facial expression or dramatic body language.  Being Chinese, a group people that avoid sweat talking even to your dearest, withhold true feeling in daily basis, withhold body contact with most people, it’s amazing how the movies express the relationships.

Maybe it is because the rarest gleam becomes the most precious one.

Gosh, if some day I could act with those actors and work with those directors, I would be so happy.