The day after the premiere, almost all the front page headlines in the media were news about "Infernal Affairs", and all kinds of dog-blown film reviews of "Infernal Affairs" were freshly released, and film critics who watched the premiere knew that this film would open a new era of Chinese-language films, so countless film reviews about Infernal Affairs blossomed all over the place overnight.

And the best thing to write is to be reposted on the film's official Weibo by Chen Yongren and liked, written by the famous film critic Huang Li, "The film "Infernal Affairs" is undoubtedly a rare film in Chinese films that is extremely sophisticated in terms of conception, conception, production, and shooting. What is especially rare is that the film "Infernal Affairs", which is packaged with a large number of commercial elements, has a rather serious spiritual core. Judging from the title of the film, the so-called "Infernal Affairs" is actually about the fate of the characters and the dislocation of life. The film uses "Infernal Affairs" as the title, which obviously has a profound meaning. The film revolves around Chen Yongren and Liu Jianming, two identities who should not belong to themselves and are undercover police and gangsters. With the appearance of many characters and characters one by one, tell a picture of the fate of "Infernal Hell", and tell it eloquently.

In 1991, Liu Jianming, an 18-year-old triad member, followed the instructions of his eldest brother Han Chen to enter the police academy and became an undercover police agent. At the same time, another student in the police academy, Chen Yongren, was forced to drop out of school by the police arrangement, but in fact let him enter the triad as an undercover agent. After graduating from the police academy, Liu Jianming successfully entered the police station, and his position rose step by step, becoming a member of Team A of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau, during which he used various opportunities to provide Han Chen with a lot of information. And Chen Yongren has gained Han Chen's initial trust over the years, but because Han Chen's case has never been solved, he can only stay in the gang forever, and only Officer Huang has one-way contact with him. In a drug deal, the police tried to catch the criminals with undercover intelligence, but the operation failed, and the fact that each side had hidden ghosts in each other's homes was exposed. However, the coincidence happened again, and two undercover agents were selected at the same time to investigate the ghosts on both sides. This also started the development of the plot of investigating the undercover agent and eliminating the ghosts inside, and even the climax of the whole play. But during this period, Officer Huang, the only police officer who knew Chen Yongren's identity, died unexpectedly, and Liu Jianming, who was determined to be a good man, also relied on Chen Yongren's help to kill his boss with his own hands, and offered to return Chen Yongren's police identity. In fact, Liu Dehua has had the seeds of kindness in his heart since he was young, which can be seen from the "I want to change" he said when he looked at Liang Chaowei's back. Both of them are actually suffering in their hearts, Liu Dehua wants to be a good person but is a bad person, Liang Chaowei is a good person but does bad things every day, so that in the end, even they have deep doubts At the end of the film, Liu Jianming killed Han Chen, but at this time he suffered the biggest suffering in his life, he killed the boss who cultivated himself, indicating that he wanted to be a good person, but Liang Chaowei found out his identity as a bad person, so the dark side of human nature broke out, and he completely deleted Liang Chaowei's file, which shows that he has made a decision, that is, to sacrifice Liang Chaowei to become a good person, I believe that despite this, his heart is still struggling, but at this time, a person appeared, he was an undercover gangster who was placed in the police station with Liu Dehua since he was a child, and the junior brother beat Liang Chaowei to death, when he turned around and saw Liang Chaowei falling, Liu Dehua's eyes were complicated, shocked, relaxed, helpless, and more regretful, so the film gave Liu Dehua a chance to be a good person, he killed his junior brother, and a secret was buried in a person's heart, and in the end, Liang Chaowei became a hero and a martyr, and Liu Dehua finally got his wish and became a good person, a real policeman, but, but he has to suffer for the rest of his life, after all, the price of being a good person is too great The film ends here, leaving people with plenty of space to think, what is good and what is evil, is Liang Chaowei good or Liu Dehua good, what should each of us do if we want to be good, maybe there is really good at the cost of evil, good and evil are inherently intertwined, and the interweaving of good and evil is the helplessness in the depths of everyone's heart.

The conventional narrative of traditional police and gangster films always takes the victory of good over evil and satisfies the audience's viewing expectations as the ultimate goal. At the end, Chen Yongren's true identity was confirmed, and the police buried him with heroic treatment, but it was the last surviving winner who stood in front of the tombstone to salute him---- Liu Jianming in police uniform. In this film, Chen and Liu are both policemen, and at the same time they are both bandits, and whoever can defeat each other in this chaotic rule will survive. This slightly pessimistic fate adds a taste of film noir to the whole film, which is thought-provoking. Living in the dark, they unloaded their burdens, returned to their origins, recalled the impermanence of the years, and recalled the forgotten time. Seeing their backs in the absence of words and a slightly gloomy background is undoubtedly the most poignant and heartbreaking scene in "Infernal Affairs". If they could, they would rather forget a helpless time, but unfortunately life cannot be chosen as they please. Sadness, helplessness or pathos, like joy and happiness, often unconsciously precipitate in the depths of memory, and the occasional touch swells up again. But when the two met again, in the translucent office, Liu Jianming, who got rid of Han Chen, and Chen Yongren, who was about to recover his identity, looked at each other and smiled like old friends. "It's you. "Warm, slowly. If memories can be restructured, perhaps they can be best friends. However, when the file code was deciphered, the excited Liu Jianming looked back and saw an empty seat. The word "dart" on the file bag was clearly visible, so in the blink of an eye, two men who thought they were relieved had already stood on the rooftop to face off. This brings me to my favorite line in the department---- "I'm sorry, I'm a police officer" and "Who knows?" , I remember that Chen Yongren was stunned after this sentence was said, and he also realized that the two people who seemed to be relieved were still in this cycle. The rooftop is as calm as ever, and the shadows on the glass walls are still so clear. The sky is vast and vast, ethereal and clear, and only under this blue sky can the suppressed soul show his brightness and integrity. And Chen Yongren has passed away, but the living are also in pain. The film's appealing charm comes from the brilliant plot design and the grasp of the narrative rhythm. It can be seen that it does not pursue superficial publicity, such as abandoning the bloody battle scene of the big scene.

Even the tense scenes of the confrontation between the police and the bandits are not the core of the audience's appeal, on the contrary, the tragic conflict of the characters' identities and the resulting psychological games are the main selling points that take the audience's breath away. The film is based on the fate of two undercover agents, one black and one white, the battle between the police and the underworld is full of tension, and the rhythm is progressing step by step, interlocking, and climaxing, without respite. It can be seen that the plot design of the film is quite attentive, the rhythm is tight, and there is a rare tension.

Generally speaking, this movie is successful in the current domestic films, although the plot has some shadows of the previous Xiangjiang police and gangster film types, but its revelation of human nature and thinking about good and evil is the highlight of this film The film begins with a Buddhist scripture, the bottom of the eighteen layers of hell is infernal, and Infernal Affairs is undoubtedly a film about sin and redemption, in fact, with such a layer of meaning, its form of expression is already secondary, and the selection of police and gangster films is undoubtedly to take care of the box office problem of a commercial film, but I personally think that it really touches people or its thinking about the good and evil of human nature, which is rare in the current impetuous filmmaking。 ”

This film review is a perfect interpretation of the whole movie, so when Chen Yongren saw it, he liked it.

Time passed quickly, and finally came to the first day of the Lunar New Year, and "Infernal Affairs" was finally officially released nationwide, and countless netizens who had long wanted to see it poured into the cinema to watch it.