Whoa, just saw a movie tonight, Infernal Affairs starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau. The story of how I came to see this movie is somewhat amusing. Back in Kingston on Wednesday or Thursday, I was sitting around, trying to figure out what movies to rent for the weekend so of course, i started poking around on the www.yesasia.com website to see what was hot. I noticed this movie, Infernal Affairs, and made a note of it and lo and behold, today, Jerry came and offered me the VHS which he had just seen, apparently. Talk about coincidences!

My thoughts on the film: It's definitely worth seeing. A good mix of action, characters and storyline. For a Hong Kong action flick, that is saying a lot. Traditionally, my experience with Hong Kong action movies is that they tend to be big on the action, low on everything else but this movie is so well done, that it almost breaks free of the stereotype. I daresay that it will probably hold the number one action movie spot for me for the forseeable future in 2003 (We'll see if Incredible Hulk or the Matrices give it a run for its money). Excellent cinematography, dark, surreal, landscapes that turn present day Hong Kong into a seedy, futuristic, dystopia, plus a couple of great performances by some Hong Kong silver screen legends. What more could you ask for? In fact, there is even a small homage to Hard Boiled, that classic John Woo pic which in my humble opinion, this movie surpasses.