Infernal Affairs III

Completing the trilogy charting corruption and criminal infiltration in the Hong Kong police force, this instalment picks up the threads from the first film with Andy Lau now cleared of Tony Yeung’s death but still harbouring suspicions that the department is infiltrated by informers. Rapidly rising cop Leon Lai is a suspect but Lai also suspects Lau. As the pair play a game of double-bluff, the final exposure of the guilty party racks up the tension in Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s all-action film., Infernal Affairs III picks up where the first film left off. Ming (Andy Lau) is cleared of any charges involving Yan’s (Tony Leung) death, and is eventually assigned to the Internal Affairs division. He discovers that another cop, Yeung (Leon Lai of Fallen Angels), quickly rising through the ranks of the police department, has a mysterious link to Shen (Chen Daoming of Hero), who was apparently Sam’s (Eric Tsang) connection to the mainland. Ming strongly suspects that Yeung is another one of Sam’s moles, and is determined to expose him, while keeping his own connection to Sam a secret. It’s a tricky proposition because Yeung also seems to suspect Ming, and appears to have the same goal in mind. With the help of Dr. Lee (Kelly Chen), Yan’s psychiatrist, Ming looks deeper into Yan’s final days, and flashbacks explore the undercover cop’s dealings with both Yeung and Shen. Eventually, Ming finds an incriminating tape of Sam conversing with his mole, and has a climactic confrontation with Yeung. Anthony Wong and Chapman To also reprise their roles from the first two films in flashbacks. Infernal Affairs III was shown, along with the rest of the trilogy, at the 2004 New York Film Festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center., Ten months after Yan’s murder, Ming finds a new lead when he begins to suspect that a rising star in the force is a triad mole., Third entry in the series continues to chart corruption and criminal infiltration in the Hong Kong police force., Completing the trilogy charting corruption and criminal infiltration in the Hong Kong police force, this instalment picks up the threads from the first film, with Lau Kin Ming now cleared of Chan Wing Yan’s death but still harbouring suspicions that the department is infiltrated by informers. Rapidly rising cop SP Yeung is a suspect but he also suspects Lau. As the pair play a game of double-bluff, the final exposure of the guilty party racks up the tension in Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s all-action film. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English.