"The Departed" vs "Infernal Affairs"

[cw42]

I was flippin through the channels yesterday, and saw a trailer for a new filmed called The Departed (can't find it anywhere online yet), and I was like hey... this reminds me ALOT like the movie Infernal Affairs. So, it turns out it's a remake of that movie - which came out just three years ago. wtf?

I enjoyed Infernal Affairs, and people should go see it. It's a pretty good movie about an undercover cop hanging out with the bad guys versus a bad guy mole working with the cops. The Departed comes out with an allstar cast: Dicaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, and a bunch others.

Anyone else care besides me?

edit: Trailers for the two movies. One funny thing to notice is the scenes where they break the guy's cast that's suppose to have a hidden mic in it.

- "sneak peak of The Departed. link
- trailer for Infernal Affairs link

 

[L1FE]

Anyone else think that the "sneak peak" looked really hokey? The original was dark and moody...this one seems almost peppy.

 

[Reggae4k]

the original is probably on my list of top movies! the 2nd and 3rd never quite lived up to the 1st.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Another good Hong Kong crime drama is "Running out of Time"

Some actor overlap, visually similiar. Story is a guy finds out he has a month to live so he goes after the mobsters that killed his dad. There is a fair amount of humour, some decent action, pretty good story. Good movie.

 

[whistleclient]

he's not "ripping off" Infernal Affairs if they've paid for the remake rights, which they did.

 

[shortylickens]

I dont want to rain on your parade, but most movies nowadays had ideas from somwhere else.
Either another movie or a book or a short story or something similar.

West Side Story the movie was based off a play which was based off Romeo and Juliet.

Star Wars was based off old Samurai legends.

Point Of No Return was made from La Femme Nikita.

Thats life dude.

 

[AkumaX]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Departed

 

[TheWart]

just wanted to give a link to a higher quality version of the full trailer

 

[whistleclient]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
Another good Hong Kong crime drama is "Running out of Time"

Some actor overlap, visually similiar. Story is a guy finds out he has a month to live so he goes after the mobsters that killed his dad. There is a fair amount of humour, some decent action, pretty good story. Good movie.

oh, no! they stole the idea from the movie D.O.A.

another fun idea: watch The Hidden Fortress and then watch Star Wars.

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: cw42


Anyone else care besides me?

nope...