Infernal Affairs and The Departed

When Infernal Affairs was released in Hong Kong to great commercial and critical success it was immediately snaffled up for a Western remake, as was very much the style at the time, becoming of course The Departed. We thought we'd take this opportunity, fifteen years after the original's release and a rather less rounded eleven after the Western adaptation to see how they both hold up. There's a better than evens chance we'll get into spoiler territory here, so if you haven't seen one or t'other of these excellent films we heartily recommend that you slap on the pod-breaks and watch them, and come back to us when you're good and ready.