The chinese name of the film "Infernal Affairs" is translated as "unrelenting" or "Relentless Hell", which is a more forceful representation of the suffering in the 8th lower level of hell expressed in the Buddhist scriptures. Alan Mak is the scriptwriter and co-director of "Infernal Affairs", he first conceived a story of a good guy as undercover against the bad guy within the gang. Mak waited for two years, before the project was accepted by co-director Andrew Lau. Lau, was setting up a new production house, and deemed he "had made too many films to please the public audience, and this time he wanted to make some breakthrough." Mainstream at this time was too conservative and only the new production house under Lau was interested in innovation
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There is a textual problem revealing the orientation of the Hollywood of the remake, which is based on the understanding and calculation of the producer and the director. Then there are the cultural aspect and the stylistic elements of the remake. As a matter of fact, both Chinese and Us critics paid a lot of attention to the comparison, and it is understandable that both camps are eager and anxious to understand how challenging the film is absorbed and transformed by the Us film business empire. The problem is particularly acute, because the remake is undertaken not by any studio submissive director, but by the renowned Martin Scorsese, who is considered to be an “auteur”. The departed certainly does follow the same basic plot structure of Infernal Affairs, nobody can deny that. The two undercover protagonists are sent and monitored by their respective bosses. Both the confrontations between the moles and their bosses are portrayed. The boss of the good guy planted among the gangsters is killed in the same way. The bad guy planted in the police force wants to carry on enjoying his popularity and affluent life, and consequently defies acting as a mole any longer. The good guy planted among the gangsters meets a violent death. The bad guy lives on. Despite the fact that The Departed is much longer than Infernal Affairs, there are imbalances in the character portrayal. The bad guy in The Departed, portrayed by Matt
There is a textual problem revealing the orientation of the Hollywood of the remake, which is based on the understanding and calculation of the producer and the director. Then there are the cultural aspect and the stylistic elements of the remake. As a matter of fact, both Chinese and Us critics paid a lot of attention to the comparison, and it is understandable that both camps are eager and anxious to understand how challenging the film is absorbed and transformed by the Us film business empire. The problem is particularly acute, because the remake is undertaken not by any studio submissive director, but by the renowned Martin Scorsese, who is considered to be an “auteur”. The departed certainly does follow the same basic plot structure of Infernal Affairs, nobody can deny that. The two undercover protagonists are sent and monitored by their respective bosses. Both the confrontations between the moles and their bosses are portrayed. The boss of the good guy planted among the gangsters is killed in the same way. The bad guy planted in the police force wants to carry on enjoying his popularity and affluent life, and consequently defies acting as a mole any longer. The good guy planted among the gangsters meets a violent death. The bad guy lives on. Despite the fact that The Departed is much longer than Infernal Affairs, there are imbalances in the character portrayal. The bad guy in The Departed, portrayed by Matt