Infernal Affairs II
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Infernal Affairs II is a 2003
Hong Kong
crime
-thriller film directed by Andrew Lau
and Alan Mak
.
It is a prequel
to the 2002 film Infernal Affairs
. Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang
, Edison Chen
, Shawn Yue
, and Chapman To
reprise their roles from the original film alongside new cast members Carina Lau
, Francis Ng
, Roy Cheung
and Hu Jun
. Both Tony Leung and Andy Lau
, who played the central roles in the original, do not appear in the film, as they are replaced by the younger versions played by Yue and Chen, respectively. The events of the film take place from 1991 to 1997.
Lau arrives at a secluded office where he is greeted by Hon's wife, Mary, who is testing her new stereo system. She casually ascertains whether he has any reservations about being Hon's mole in the police force. Appearing aloof, Lau accepts the task and Mary packs a bag of cash for him, advising him to maintain a low profile and prepare for the police academy. Lau has a crush on Mary but he is unwilling to express his feelings due to his low position in the triad. It is then revealed that Mary was the one who ordered Ngai Kwun's assassination. She confesses that Hon has no knowledge of this transgression and urges Lau to remain silent, as she wants Hon to replace Ngai as the triad boss.
Meanwhile, a young Chan Wing-yan, his girlfriend and a young Tsui Wai-keung are seen waiting for something. Chan is a promising police cadet, who has apparently assaulted and subdued Tsui over a car theft. Superintendent Luk Kai-cheung arrives with several senior officers, and admonishes Chan about his actions, but decides not to report the incident to Yip, principal of the police academy. Chan and Luk attend Yip's birthday dinner later, during which Yip expresses high expectations for Luk to be his successor and Chan to become a cop.
Later, Yip and Luk come across a heated argument between Chan and a triad henchman called Law Kai-yin. Ngai Wing-hau, Ngai Kwun's middle son, calmly explains that his father would have wanted all his children to know if something were to happen to him; Chan is revealed to be Ngai Wing-hau's half-brother. By using his mother's surname to hide his connection to the Ngai family triad, Chan is subsequently discharged from the Hong Kong Police Force
. Chan is later approached by Wong, who asks him why he wants to be a cop, to which Chan replies, "I want to be a good guy." There begins Chan's journey as an undercover agent in the triads as he is sent to prison by Wong to get close to Tsui Wai-keung. Meanwhile, Lau joins the police force and goes through training ala the montage from the first film.
Ngai Wing-hau takes his late father's place as the triad boss, as he is the only Ngai child directly involved in the family business. With Ngai Kwun dead, four other triad bosses, known as the "Big Four", excluding Hon, scoff at Ngai Wing-hau's leadership capability and debate on whether to pay their tithe to the Ngai family. However, Ngai Wing-hau proves to be an adept and understated heir to his father, and he blackmails the Big Four one by one with his knowledge of their mutual betrayals. Hon has covertly remained loyal to Ngai and he acts as an agent provocateur in this affair.
Back at the party, Ngai tells the Big Four and Hon that he is planning to retire to Hawaii
with his family and wants to divide his business among them. He rewards Hon for his loyalty by sending him to a contact in Thailand
with the promise of total control over the cocaine racket. Next, Ngai invites Chan to join him for his next dealing. Chan proceeds to provide information he has collected on the triad to Wong during a clandestine meeting. Luk, who was tailing Wong, reveals himself and confronts Chan on his loyalty, to which Chan affirms that he is a cop.
In a hotel room, Mary is revealed to have conspired with Wong in Ngai Kwun's assassination. Meanwhile, Luk organizes a strike team to catch Ngai Wing-hau in his next dealing. When confronted by Wong about the sudden change of date for the operation, Luk confesses that he has an informant in the Ngai triad for seven years, who tipped him off about a change in plans. Chan uses Morse code
to relay the location of the deal to Luk. Ngai is arrested by Luk and Wong while exchanging suitcases with two men, but the men turn out to be actually private detectives he hired to investigate his father's murder. In Ngai's suitcase is a videotape recording of the meeting between Wong and Mary in the hotel room. This evidence becomes leverage to prevent the police from interfering in Ngai's business.
Ngai's real plan was to assassinate the Big Four and Hon, whom he believes to have played a role in his father's murder. The plan sets into motion while Ngai is taken away for questioning: the Big Four are killed by Ngai's men; an ambush awaits Hon in Thailand; an assassin edges towards Mary. Mary calls Sam, who is accompanied by Tsui Wai-keung, revealing to her husband that she arranged Ngai Kwun's assassination. Hon recognizes the danger he is in and escapes from the ambush with help from Tsui. He takes a Thai gangster (the one in the first film) hostage and tries to strike a deal with the Thai at the airport. Hon offers his gun to the Thai, believing in their friendship, to which the Thai regretfully apologises and shoots Hon.
In the aftermath of the assassinations, Ngai rounds up and orders Law Kai-yin to kill three henchmen whom Mary supposedly bribed to leave his father vulnerable. Ngai then reveals that he knows that Law is actually an undercover cop and kills him as well. As the bodies are burned, Chan takes a bullet for Ngai in a drive-by shooting. Luk goes to Wong's apartment after he is acquitted in a tribunal hearing, and forgives Wong for the murder conspiracy, but is later killed by a car bomb meant for Wong. Lau had saved Mary from the assassin and they go into hiding for two months. Lau reveals his true feelings for Mary and offers to protect her, but she rejects him and goes to Kai Tak Airport
, preparing to fly to Thailand to find her husband. A bitter Lau is seen communicating Mary's travel plans to an unknown recipient, after which he phones her, distracting her long enough to be mowed down by a car driven by Ngai's henchmen.
Ngai's political aspirations disintegrate as his backers withdraw support, while his lawyer says that he has no legal chance of winning and resigns. Ngai decides to immediately relocate his family to Hawaii while he awaits trial, as a defensive measure. At Luk's grave, Chan expresses to Wong his desire to get out of undercover before his criminal persona consumes him and provides him the last piece of evidence against Ngai before saluting Luk's headstone. Within a few days of the trial, Hon escapes witness protection with Lau's help and confronts Ngai and his triad alone. Ngai has kidnapped Hon's Thai wife and child to prevent him from testifying, but Hon outmaneuvers Ngai, revealing that his Thai friends are also holding Ngai's family hostage in Hawaii. Through Wong, it is revealed that the Thai woman Ngai is holding hostage is actually Hon's maid. In desperation, Ngai holds Hon at gunpoint as Wong and a police squad arrive. The film reaches a climax at a standoff between Ngai's triad and the cops, with Hon taunting Ngai to kill him. When Ngai shows signs of intent to fire his weapon, Wong shoots him and Ngai collapses, dying in Chan's arms; moments before succumbing to his wound, Ngai discovers the wire in Chan's jacket and concludes that his half-brother is an undercover cop.
In the aftermath, Wong questions Hon on whether he killed Ngai's family and condemns Hon's tactics, to which Hon retorts that he did not expect to leave alive and they part ways. Before leaving, Wong reveals to Hon that he could have gathered enough evidence to make Ngai serve life imprisonment if only he had been more patient. In his car, Hon receives a call from the Thai gangster who shot him earlier, asking him if he should "close" Ngai's case, and Hon replies that they should not go too far. The Thai explains that it was fated that he failed to kill Hon, and that to become powerful, they must be in control of fate. A remorseful Hon hangs up and the entire Ngai family is killed.
The pieces are set in place for the first film: Hon goes down the dark path of replacing Ngai as one of the most ruthless triad bosses, becoming Wong's new foe; Lau is a police inspector and Hon's mole; Chan is forced to remain undercover, returning to join Hon's triad. As the handover ceremony takes place, Hon sheds tears over the loss of his beloved Mary, while back at the police station, Lau handles a case involving a young woman, who is coincidentally also called Mary.
, it could not match its predecessor's success. The film won only one award, Best Original Film Song, for the song "長空" (performed by Cantopop
band Beyond
). The film won the Best Film award at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
.
23rd Hong Kong Film Awards
10th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Hong Kong films of 2003
A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 2003:.-2003:-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 2003 at...
Hong Kong
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
crime
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
-thriller film directed by Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau Wai-Keung is a Hong Kong cinematographer and filmmaker. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai. In the 1990s, Lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film...
and Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Alan Mak Siu-Fai , born on 1 January 1968 in Hong Kong, is a writer, director, actor and producer.-Biography:In 1986, Mak studied at the School of Drama in the Hong Kong Academy for Performance Arts. Upon graduation in 1990, he started his movie career....
.
It is a prequel
Prequel
A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting.The widely recognized term was a 20th-century neologism, and a portmanteau from pre- and sequel...
to the 2002 film Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong crime-thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates the triads, and a police officer secretly working for the same gang. The Chinese title means "the non-stop path", a reference to Avici, the lowest...
. Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...
, Edison Chen
Edison Chen
Edison Koon-Hei Chen is a Hong Kong film actor, Cantopop singer, Hong Kong hip hop rapper, model, record producer, fashion designer, and a pop icon. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited...
, Shawn Yue
Shawn Yue
Shawn Yue is a Hong Kong actor and singer. A former model, he has starred in many films such as Jiang Hu and Infernal Affairs II and has established himself as a recognized face in Hong Kong cinema.- Background :...
, and Chapman To
Chapman To
Chapman To Man-chak is a Hong Kong actor, best known for specializing in comedic roles in films such as Infernal Affairs and Initial D.-Career:To began his acting career in TV soap operas and moved to the big screen in 2000...
reprise their roles from the original film alongside new cast members Carina Lau
Carina Lau
Carina Lau Kar-ling is a Hong Kong actress. She was especially notable in the 1980s for her girl-next-door type roles in films....
, Francis Ng
Francis Ng
-Career:Like so many of Hong Kong's actors, Ng has his roots in television. He graduated from TVB's training classes in 1985. He acted in minor roles working gradually upwards in the television hierarchy, but his looks did not fit in the conventional leading man role...
, Roy Cheung
Roy Cheung
Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung is a Hong Kong-based actor, best known on-screen for his roles as Triad gangsters in a number of films.- Early life and career :As a child, Cheung idolized kung-fu legend Bruce Lee but never seriously considered a career in acting....
and Hu Jun
Hu Jun
Hu Jun is a Chinese actor of Manchu ethnicity. He is known for his dramatic roles in various films and television series.-Filmography:-External links:***** - Official recognition fan site...
. Both Tony Leung and Andy Lau
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
, who played the central roles in the original, do not appear in the film, as they are replaced by the younger versions played by Yue and Chen, respectively. The events of the film take place from 1991 to 1997.
Act 1
The film opens in 1991, 11 years before the events of Infernal Affairs. Inspector Wong Chi-shing is discussing the death of his first partner with Hon Sam, the triad boss in the first film. At this point, Hon is a member of Ngai Kwun's triad family, and is also working as Wong's informant. Carrying a nondescript paper bag, a young Lau Kin-ming makes his way through the streets of Mongkok before stopping at an ostensible martial arts school, where he kills Ngai Kwun with a gun concealed in the bag and walks away.Lau arrives at a secluded office where he is greeted by Hon's wife, Mary, who is testing her new stereo system. She casually ascertains whether he has any reservations about being Hon's mole in the police force. Appearing aloof, Lau accepts the task and Mary packs a bag of cash for him, advising him to maintain a low profile and prepare for the police academy. Lau has a crush on Mary but he is unwilling to express his feelings due to his low position in the triad. It is then revealed that Mary was the one who ordered Ngai Kwun's assassination. She confesses that Hon has no knowledge of this transgression and urges Lau to remain silent, as she wants Hon to replace Ngai as the triad boss.
Meanwhile, a young Chan Wing-yan, his girlfriend and a young Tsui Wai-keung are seen waiting for something. Chan is a promising police cadet, who has apparently assaulted and subdued Tsui over a car theft. Superintendent Luk Kai-cheung arrives with several senior officers, and admonishes Chan about his actions, but decides not to report the incident to Yip, principal of the police academy. Chan and Luk attend Yip's birthday dinner later, during which Yip expresses high expectations for Luk to be his successor and Chan to become a cop.
Later, Yip and Luk come across a heated argument between Chan and a triad henchman called Law Kai-yin. Ngai Wing-hau, Ngai Kwun's middle son, calmly explains that his father would have wanted all his children to know if something were to happen to him; Chan is revealed to be Ngai Wing-hau's half-brother. By using his mother's surname to hide his connection to the Ngai family triad, Chan is subsequently discharged from the Hong Kong Police Force
Hong Kong Police Force
The Hong Kong Police Force is the largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong. It is the world's second, and Asia's first, police agency to operate with a modern policing system. It was formed on 1 May 1844, with a strength of 32 officers...
. Chan is later approached by Wong, who asks him why he wants to be a cop, to which Chan replies, "I want to be a good guy." There begins Chan's journey as an undercover agent in the triads as he is sent to prison by Wong to get close to Tsui Wai-keung. Meanwhile, Lau joins the police force and goes through training ala the montage from the first film.
Ngai Wing-hau takes his late father's place as the triad boss, as he is the only Ngai child directly involved in the family business. With Ngai Kwun dead, four other triad bosses, known as the "Big Four", excluding Hon, scoff at Ngai Wing-hau's leadership capability and debate on whether to pay their tithe to the Ngai family. However, Ngai Wing-hau proves to be an adept and understated heir to his father, and he blackmails the Big Four one by one with his knowledge of their mutual betrayals. Hon has covertly remained loyal to Ngai and he acts as an agent provocateur in this affair.
Act 2
Act 2 takes place in 1995, with Chan out of prison as a small-time gangster and Lau as a rookie cop. Luk learns that Chan is a mole and questions where Chan's true loyalty lies: with the police or his half-brother. Chan's continual association with Hon and Ngai causes his girlfriend to have an abortion because she does not want their child to follow in Chan's footsteps. Ngai wishes the troubled Chan to be integrated into the Ngai family and invites him to his daughter's birthday party, where he brings Chan closer to the triad business. On the other hand, Lau's path is considerably smoother; with Hon supplying information on criminal dealings, Lau is able to apprehend many local gangsters, thus getting him promoted quickly.Back at the party, Ngai tells the Big Four and Hon that he is planning to retire to Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
with his family and wants to divide his business among them. He rewards Hon for his loyalty by sending him to a contact in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
with the promise of total control over the cocaine racket. Next, Ngai invites Chan to join him for his next dealing. Chan proceeds to provide information he has collected on the triad to Wong during a clandestine meeting. Luk, who was tailing Wong, reveals himself and confronts Chan on his loyalty, to which Chan affirms that he is a cop.
In a hotel room, Mary is revealed to have conspired with Wong in Ngai Kwun's assassination. Meanwhile, Luk organizes a strike team to catch Ngai Wing-hau in his next dealing. When confronted by Wong about the sudden change of date for the operation, Luk confesses that he has an informant in the Ngai triad for seven years, who tipped him off about a change in plans. Chan uses Morse code
Morse code
Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment...
to relay the location of the deal to Luk. Ngai is arrested by Luk and Wong while exchanging suitcases with two men, but the men turn out to be actually private detectives he hired to investigate his father's murder. In Ngai's suitcase is a videotape recording of the meeting between Wong and Mary in the hotel room. This evidence becomes leverage to prevent the police from interfering in Ngai's business.
Ngai's real plan was to assassinate the Big Four and Hon, whom he believes to have played a role in his father's murder. The plan sets into motion while Ngai is taken away for questioning: the Big Four are killed by Ngai's men; an ambush awaits Hon in Thailand; an assassin edges towards Mary. Mary calls Sam, who is accompanied by Tsui Wai-keung, revealing to her husband that she arranged Ngai Kwun's assassination. Hon recognizes the danger he is in and escapes from the ambush with help from Tsui. He takes a Thai gangster (the one in the first film) hostage and tries to strike a deal with the Thai at the airport. Hon offers his gun to the Thai, believing in their friendship, to which the Thai regretfully apologises and shoots Hon.
In the aftermath of the assassinations, Ngai rounds up and orders Law Kai-yin to kill three henchmen whom Mary supposedly bribed to leave his father vulnerable. Ngai then reveals that he knows that Law is actually an undercover cop and kills him as well. As the bodies are burned, Chan takes a bullet for Ngai in a drive-by shooting. Luk goes to Wong's apartment after he is acquitted in a tribunal hearing, and forgives Wong for the murder conspiracy, but is later killed by a car bomb meant for Wong. Lau had saved Mary from the assassin and they go into hiding for two months. Lau reveals his true feelings for Mary and offers to protect her, but she rejects him and goes to Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. It was officially known as the Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, when it was closed and replaced by the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok, 30 km to the west...
, preparing to fly to Thailand to find her husband. A bitter Lau is seen communicating Mary's travel plans to an unknown recipient, after which he phones her, distracting her long enough to be mowed down by a car driven by Ngai's henchmen.
Act 3
Act 3 is set in 1997 against the backdrop of the handover of Hong Kong to China. Lau is one of the officers involved in the ceremony and Chan has taken Law's place by Ngai's side. Ngai attempts to bring glory to his family by going into politics, but is arrested at a government party. The police have compiled enough evidence to charge Ngai, which rests on the testimony of a star witness - Hon, who had survived the shooting in Thailand and apparently started a new family with a Thai woman. Wong brings Hon back to Hong Kong under witness protection and introduces him to the newly promoted Lau, after which he admits to Hon that the evidence is sufficient to put Ngai behind bars for a few years. Hon and Lau talk for the first time in years.Ngai's political aspirations disintegrate as his backers withdraw support, while his lawyer says that he has no legal chance of winning and resigns. Ngai decides to immediately relocate his family to Hawaii while he awaits trial, as a defensive measure. At Luk's grave, Chan expresses to Wong his desire to get out of undercover before his criminal persona consumes him and provides him the last piece of evidence against Ngai before saluting Luk's headstone. Within a few days of the trial, Hon escapes witness protection with Lau's help and confronts Ngai and his triad alone. Ngai has kidnapped Hon's Thai wife and child to prevent him from testifying, but Hon outmaneuvers Ngai, revealing that his Thai friends are also holding Ngai's family hostage in Hawaii. Through Wong, it is revealed that the Thai woman Ngai is holding hostage is actually Hon's maid. In desperation, Ngai holds Hon at gunpoint as Wong and a police squad arrive. The film reaches a climax at a standoff between Ngai's triad and the cops, with Hon taunting Ngai to kill him. When Ngai shows signs of intent to fire his weapon, Wong shoots him and Ngai collapses, dying in Chan's arms; moments before succumbing to his wound, Ngai discovers the wire in Chan's jacket and concludes that his half-brother is an undercover cop.
In the aftermath, Wong questions Hon on whether he killed Ngai's family and condemns Hon's tactics, to which Hon retorts that he did not expect to leave alive and they part ways. Before leaving, Wong reveals to Hon that he could have gathered enough evidence to make Ngai serve life imprisonment if only he had been more patient. In his car, Hon receives a call from the Thai gangster who shot him earlier, asking him if he should "close" Ngai's case, and Hon replies that they should not go too far. The Thai explains that it was fated that he failed to kill Hon, and that to become powerful, they must be in control of fate. A remorseful Hon hangs up and the entire Ngai family is killed.
The pieces are set in place for the first film: Hon goes down the dark path of replacing Ngai as one of the most ruthless triad bosses, becoming Wong's new foe; Lau is a police inspector and Hon's mole; Chan is forced to remain undercover, returning to join Hon's triad. As the handover ceremony takes place, Hon sheds tears over the loss of his beloved Mary, while back at the police station, Lau handles a case involving a young woman, who is coincidentally also called Mary.
Cast
- Edison ChenEdison ChenEdison Koon-Hei Chen is a Hong Kong film actor, Cantopop singer, Hong Kong hip hop rapper, model, record producer, fashion designer, and a pop icon. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited...
as Lau Kin-ming , Hon's mole in the police force - Shawn YueShawn YueShawn Yue is a Hong Kong actor and singer. A former model, he has starred in many films such as Jiang Hu and Infernal Affairs II and has established himself as a recognized face in Hong Kong cinema.- Background :...
as Chan Wing-yan , Ngai Wing-hau's half-brother and an undercover cop - Anthony Wong as Superintendent Wong Chi-shing , Lau's superior
- Eric TsangEric TsangEric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...
as Hon Sam , a triad member and Wong's friend - Carina LauCarina LauCarina Lau Kar-ling is a Hong Kong actress. She was especially notable in the 1980s for her girl-next-door type roles in films....
as Mary, Hon's wife - Francis NgFrancis Ng-Career:Like so many of Hong Kong's actors, Ng has his roots in television. He graduated from TVB's training classes in 1985. He acted in minor roles working gradually upwards in the television hierarchy, but his looks did not fit in the conventional leading man role...
as Ngai Wing-Hau , a triad boss and Ngai Kwun's son - Hu JunHu JunHu Jun is a Chinese actor of Manchu ethnicity. He is known for his dramatic roles in various films and television series.-Filmography:-External links:***** - Official recognition fan site...
as Superintendent Luk Kai-cheung , Wong's partner - Chapman ToChapman ToChapman To Man-chak is a Hong Kong actor, best known for specializing in comedic roles in films such as Infernal Affairs and Initial D.-Career:To began his acting career in TV soap operas and moved to the big screen in 2000...
as Tsui Wai-keung / "Crazy Keung" / , Hon's henchman and Chan's friend - Roy CheungRoy CheungRoy Cheung Yiu-Yeung is a Hong Kong-based actor, best known on-screen for his roles as Triad gangsters in a number of films.- Early life and career :As a child, Cheung idolized kung-fu legend Bruce Lee but never seriously considered a career in acting....
as Law Kai-yin / Law Kai ( / , undercover cop planted in Ngai's triad by Luk - Liu Kai-chi as Third Uncle / Uncle John , Ngai Kwun's younger brother
- Joe CheungJoe Cheung-Filmography:* Poker King - Fernado* ICAC Investigators 2009 * Merry-Go-Round * ICAC Investigators 2011 -External links:*...
as Ngai Kwun , triad boss - Henry Fong as Gandhi , one of the Big Four
- Ngor Chi-kwan as Negro , one of the Big Four
- Wong Ngok-tai as Kwok-wah , one of the Big Four
- Teddy ChanTeddy ChanTeddy Chan or Teddy Chen Tak Sum is a Hong Kong film director and artist.-Filmography:Filmography as director, art director and other positions:* Bodyguards and Assassins , Director * Chaos , Producer...
as Man-ching , one of the Big Four - Chan Mong-wah as Ngai Wing-yi , Ngai Kwun's son
- Andrew Lien as Ngai Wing-chung , Ngai Kwun's son
- Wan Chi-keungWan Chi KeungWan Chi Keung was a soccer player, actor and businessman from Hong Kong.Known as "Asia's top striker" Wan was a key player for the Hong Kong national football team in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for South China AA and Seiko in the Hong Kong First Division League. After retirement, he became an...
as Officer Leung (Sir)
- Kara HuiKara HuiKara Hui Ying-Hung is a Hong Kong actress of Manchu ancestry.-Biography and career:Hui's family moved to Hong Kong in 1966 and she started working at night clubs at fourteen. In her interview on Be My Guest, Hui revealed her family lost their savings from her father's business acquaintances...
as Ngai Kwun's daughter - Fu Ka-lei as May
- Chiu Chung-yu as Mary at police station
- Ricardo Mamood as Alan
- Bey LoganBey LoganBey Logan is a respected expert on East Asian cinema, particularly Hong Kong action cinema. He is also notable as a screenwriter, film producer and as a martial artist who has had roles in a number of films, including the 2003 Dante Lam film The Twins Effect.He has written two books - Hong Kong...
as Superintendent Calvin - Lam Bik-yan as Chan's girlfriend
- Wong Sum-yue as Ngai Wing-yee's wife
- Brian Ireland as Police superintendent
- Cheung Wing-hong as Billy
- Xiao Hai as Mr. Cheung
- Yip Sai-ban as Tycoon at party
- Jeng Ban-fai as Solicitor Hung
- Hui Kam-fung as Police academy principal
- Derek Skinner as Superintendent
- Chow Chi-keung as Superintendent
- Kwok Yuk-keung as Superintendent
- Duen Wai-lun as Sergeant Chan
- Wong Man-shing as OCTB team member
- Chik Miu-chan as OCTB team member
- Chang Kin-yung as OCTB team member
- Cheung Pui-sai as OCTB team member
- Liu Zong-ji as OCTB team member
- Cheung Yuk-san as OCTB team member
- Chan Kam-pui as Hon's henchman
- Go Shut-fung as Hon's henchman
- Lam Kwok-git as Hon's henchman
- Dang Tai-woh as Hon's henchman
- Chan Chun-luk as Ngai Kwun's wife
- Lam Chung-kei as Ngai Kwun's bodyguard
- Kam Loi-kwan as Ngai Kwun's bodyguard
- Chung Ka-lung as Ngai Kwun's bodyguard
- Chan Lok-ji as Ngai Wing-hau's daughter
- Lam Foo-wai as Ngai Wing-hau's henchman
- Wong Yui-sang as Ngai Wing-hau's henchman
- Chu Chi-ho as Ngai Wing-hau's henchman
- Lai Wai-tak as Uncle John's man
- Hoh Shu-wing as Uncle John's man
- Yan Qing-yu as Kwok-wah's wife
- Lui Siu-ming as Kwok-wah's bodyguard
- Lee Chi-keung as Kwok-wah's man
- Cheung Yiu-kwong as Kwok-wah's man
- Lee Chi-yin as Kwok-wah's man
- Yiu Kai-sin as Gandhi's wife
- Chue Shiu-kei as Gandhi's man
- Chow Mei-shing as Gandhi's man
- Fu Kwok-ho as Gandhi's man
- Ho Ka-ming as Gandhi's man
- Cheung Ga-man as Negro's wife
- Lau Tung-ching as Negro's man
- Chan Kim-ming as Negro's man
- Yiu Kai-tung as Negro's man
- Cheng Kwok-wai as Negro's man
- Ng Wing-yan as Man-ching's wife
- Cheng Kai-Chung as Man-ching's man
- Wong Chun-lam as Man-ching's man
- Lee Wai-ming as Man-ching's man
- Che Wai-yin as Man-ching's man
- Cheung Pik-san as Killer at nightclub
- Ling Hiu-wa as Killer in restaurant
- Dai Ho-fai as Killer at hi-fi shop
- Chan Siu-gwan as Killer at lift lobby
- Lee Siu-kwong as Killer on the bike
- Lo Lau-fai as Killer in Thailand
- Brandon Rhea as Johnson
- Lee Ting-fung as Funny face boy
- Chan Charoenwichai as Paul
- Phorjeat Keanpetch as Sunny
- Mui Tung-lit as Noodle shop owner
- Tay Ping HuiTay Ping HuiTay Ping Hui is a Singaporean Chinese MediaCorp television and film actor. Tay is best known for acting in many Chinese language TV drama series on Channel 8 and has made appearances in the films Summer Holidays and Infernal Affairs II .-Early life:Tay Ping Hui attended Catholic High School and...
Theme song
- Eternal Realm
- Composer: Wong Ka KeungWong Ka KeungSteve Wong Ka-Keung is a Hong Kong musician, composer and the songwriter. He was one of the members of the now disbanded, Hong Kong rock band Beyond. Steve Wong plays bass guitar and provides vocals...
- Lyricist: Wong Ka Keung, Yip Sai WingYip Sai WingYip Sai Wing is a songwriter, singer and the drummer of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond. He is the only remaining original member of Beyond.In 1983, Sai Wing, along with the late Wong Ka Kui and a few other friends, formed Beyond....
- Singer: BeyondBeyond (band)Beyond was a rock band formed in Hong Kong in 1983. The band became prominent in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia. They were also very popular in mainland China. The band was, and still is, widely considered as the most successful and influential Cantonese band from Hong Kong...
Reception
The film was highly anticipated prior to its release due to the success achieved by Infernal Affairs. However, the general response to the film was mixed.Box office
The film grossed HK$24,919,376 — big by 2003 Hong Kong standards, but only about half of the original's earnings.Awards
Although Infernal Affairs II earned ten nominations for the 2003 Hong Kong Film Awards22nd Hong Kong Film Awards
The ceremony for the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 6 April 2003 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Eric Tsang, John Shum, Athena Chu and Anna Yau. Twenty-seven winners in nineteen categories were unveiled...
, it could not match its predecessor's success. The film won only one award, Best Original Film Song, for the song "長空" (performed by Cantopop
Cantopop
Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...
band Beyond
Beyond (band)
Beyond was a rock band formed in Hong Kong in 1983. The band became prominent in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia. They were also very popular in mainland China. The band was, and still is, widely considered as the most successful and influential Cantonese band from Hong Kong...
). The film won the Best Film award at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards are the annual awards given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong, China since 1995. The awards are determined by votes cast in three rounds after a substantial discussion session between the members of the society...
.
23rd Hong Kong Film Awards
23rd Hong Kong Film Awards
Ceremony for the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 4 April 2004 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Hosts for the ceremony consisted of Dayo Wong and a line-up of nine female celebrities, namely Bowie Tsang, Athena Chu, Candice Yu, Cherrie Ying, Terri Kwan, Ada Choi, Josie Ho, Kristy Yang and Jo...
- Won: Best Original Film Song (Wong Ka Keung, Yip Sai Wing, Beyond)
- Nominated: Best Film (Andrew Lau)
- Nominated: Best Director (Andrew Lau, Mak Siu-fai)
- Nominated: Best Screenplay (Mak Siu-fai, Chong Man-keung)
- Nominated: Best Actor (Francis Ng)
- Nominated: Best Actress (Carina Lau)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor (Chapman To)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor (Liu Kai-chi)
- Nominated: Best Cinematography (Andrew Lau, Ng Man-ching)
- Nominated: Best Editing (Curran Pang, Danny Pang)
- Nominated: Best Original Film Score (Chan Kwong-wing)
- Nominated: Best Sound Effects (Kinson Tsang)
10th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards are the annual awards given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong, China since 1995. The awards are determined by votes cast in three rounds after a substantial discussion session between the members of the society...
- Won: Best Film
See also
- Infernal AffairsInfernal AffairsInfernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong crime-thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates the triads, and a police officer secretly working for the same gang. The Chinese title means "the non-stop path", a reference to Avici, the lowest...
- Infernal Affairs IIIInfernal Affairs IIIInfernal Affairs III is a 2003 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is the third installment in the Infernal Affairs film series, and is both a sequel and a semi-prequel to the original film, as it intercuts events before and after the events in the first film...
- List of films set in Hong Kong
- List of Hong Kong films
- List of Dragon Dynasty releases