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Infernal Affairs
Film
FilmNR2026
Infernal
Directed by Darien Andreas Brown, Brandon Self
Infernal follows Azrael, a young man bound to forces beyond his control as rival powers close in around him. His journey in search of his wife tests his loyalty and betrayal ignites a struggle that will decide the world’s fate. From TMDB
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Infernal is a 2026 fantasy action adventure film, directed by Darien Andreas Brown and Brandon Self, starring Darien Andreas Brown, Adam Wallace and Sarah Chanel.
- 158 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Lemmy
- posts span Aug 12, 2023 to Nov 5, 2026
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60 of 176 · most liked firstWhat better way to greet Friday than to admire this bearded, crested, three-headed beast of hell. It’s a beauty. It’s a 3rd century BC fresco from the delightfully named Tomb of the Infernal Chariot (which sounds like a Hammer movie). 🏛️📷 Museum of Sarteano #FrescoFriday
neutral · AI labelView post →What better way to greet Friday than to admire this bearded, crested, three-headed beast of hell. It’s a beauty. It’s a 3rd century BC fresco from the delightfully named Tomb of the Infernal Chariot (which sounds like a Hammer movie). 🏛️📷 Museum of Sarteano #FrescoFriday
neutral · AI labelView post →I know The Departed is not top shelf Scorsese, and it’s not as good as Infernal Affairs, but the screenplay has so many good lines, come on, when you come across it channel surfing you’re gonna watch some of it, maybe even the rest of it, happy St Patrick’s Day youtu.be/CntLSqA961Y
neutral · AI labelView post →Chinese idiom, made famous by the movie Infernal Affairs 2. 殺人放火金腰帶，修橋補路無屍骸 Murderers and arsonists are rewarded with golden belts, hailed as champions. Bridge builders and road workers die, and their bodies are lost in the pile.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching THE DEPARTED (2006). Director: Martin Scorsese. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon. Unpopular opinion: Serviceable, if hyperactive, take on Hong Kong classic INFERNAL AFFAIRS never moved me as top-tier Scorcese. Rewatching, 1st time since release. Maybe I'll change my mind. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →when i glance over at my movie shelf the first thing i see is INFERNAL AFFAIRS, so you should watch INFERNAL AFFAIRS
positive · AI labelView post →5) The filming model for Gwent in The Infernal Machine was so tricky to film that it provoked modeller Nick Allder to smash the model to the ground - only after the episode was finished filming, naturally!
neutral · AI labelView post →Carausius What better way to greet Friday than to admire this bearded, crested, three-headed beast of hell. It’s a beauty. It’s a 3rd century BC fresco from the delightfully named Tomb of the Infernal Chariot (which sounds like a Hammer movie). 🏛️📷 Museum of Sarteano #FrescoFriday
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #302 "Infernal Affairs" (Andrew Lau and Alan Mak/2002) Probably the best police thriller I've ever seen. Remade as The Departed but in my opinion, this is the best version of it. Check it out!
positive · AI labelView post →We learned from Tony Leung Chiu-wai that he completely changed the ending to INFERNAL AFFAIRS, refusing to do the proposed action sequence since “this was a drama film, it should end with drama”. Purportedly the only time he has ever done that
neutral · AI labelView post →First watch of the original film for the first time since release. ‘Infernal Affairs’ (2002, Blu Ray). Looking forward to watching the other films, prequel and sequel in the box.
neutral · AI labelView post →DIY labels should send artists undercover as managers into global music conglomerates to spy on their industry plants and it’ll be just like that movie Infernal Affairs.
neutral · AI labelView post →The original movie (Infernal Affairs) is much better
positive · AI labelView post →The Infernal Idol (aka. Craze) (1974)i s a barking-mad British horror-thriller directed by genre veteran Freddie Francis and produced by exploitation maestro Herman Cohen (Horrors of the Black Museum, Trog). #British #horror #horrormovies #horrorsky #horrorjunkie
neutral · AI labelView post →If you only watch movies in English youre only getting the English ripoffs of real cinema. Martin Scorsese is literally just ripping off HK Directors. The Departed is literally an English remake of Infernal Affairs which is still the superior film. Anyways book me.
positive · AI labelView post →A remake of Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m starting to feel like a broken record here, but Infernal Affairs (directed by Wai Keung Lau) is an almost perfect movie, and “inspired” Scorsese to make The Departed. #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →If you’re in Hong Kong in December or January, know that the HK Film Critics Society is holding screenings in tribute to the late film historian David Bordwell. A great opportunity to see films like INFERNAL AFFAIRS and SHAOLIN SOCCER in 35mm or A HERO NEVER DIES and more on the big screen. Trailer:
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Infernal Affairs and you know you are watching a good movie when a cash counting machine comes out.
positive · AI labelView post →Well I searched and we now have French dubs of — Chungking Express —- A Better Tomorrow —- Infernal Affairs So movie nights are sorted for the next few weeks.
neutral · AI labelView post →"The Departed" - a remake of "Infernal Affairs" (Hong Kong film)
neutral · AI labelView post →I really love this movie but it actually makes nobfucking sense compared to the original. Dicaprio is so blatantly the rat. In Infernal Affairs, Tony Leung is undercover for years and relatively low level in a pretty big gang. Jack Nicholson has like three guys working for him
positive · AI labelView post →Also this is a stretch but…it’s a movie about performing and deceit using the medium of film to get into the audience’s subconscious, that ends in a bloodbath. I know it’s a remake of Infernal Affairs but also…that’s Hamlet. Right? It’s a bloodbath based around identity.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you loved "Sphere", "The City Inside", the film "Infernal Affairs", or you're just up for some cyberpunk and space horror, here's something I wrote earlier!
neutral · AI labelView post → Still from L’antre Infernal (The Infernal Lair), 1905 Pathé France. Directed by Gaston Velle (Stencilcolor) One of the earliest uses of Pathé’s stencil-color process, similar in effect to hand-coloring, this inventive trick film has not been seen in its original colored version for many years.
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolutely nothing of intelligence or nuance to say about Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s Infernal Affairs (2002). I was turned on the entire runtime. What a sexy goddamn movie.
positive · AI labelView post →119.) The Departed (2006) What a great St. Patrick's Day first-time watch. An excellently entertaining movie about the symbiotic relationship between cops and crooks. Plus, Jack is a delight in this picture. Do need to get around to watching Infernal Affairs to really complete this film.
positive · AI labelView post →Something else to look forward to. ’Infernal Affairs’ (2002) is a quite superb film. ’The Departed’ remake was very disappointing for me. I haven’t seen these sequels which followed up a year or so later (one being a prequel), but if they are anywhere near as good, will be well satisfied ✅
positive · AI labelView post →We are two movies in on today’s father and son movie marathon. My child informed me mid-week he wanted a double feature of INFERNAL AFFAIRS and THE DEPAHTED. This is his second Scorsese film. His first was Last Temptation, by his request.
neutral · AI labelView post →"wow that's like Max Payne!" Max Payne is "what if HARD BOILED but game." "this reminds me of THE MATRIX!" the Wachowskis freely admit they lifted from HARD BOILED. "this is like the Scorcese movie with the corrupt cops?" THE DEPARTED, remaking INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which owes its existence to HARD BOIL
neutral · AI labelView post →I picked TRAMPA INFERNAL because 1: you try picking a slasher movie these two haven’t seen; and 2: it’s the only movie that answers the question, “What if Rambo went to Mexico to become a slasher?” Bless @vinsyn.bsky.social for releasing this gem.
positive · AI labelView post →“Infernal Affairs”, which is what “The Departed” is based on is like million times a better movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Checking out an interview with FANGORIA's Phil Nobile Jr. in which @juliacmarchese.bsky.social and @theterigamble.bsky.social chat with him about the 1989 #horrorMovie TRAMPA INFERNAL on a new @horrormoviepodcast.bsky.social #podcast podcasts.apple.com/u...
neutral · AI labelView post →introduce yourself with: one book: Horus Rising - Dan Abnett one film: Infernal Affairs one album: From Here to Infirmary - Alkaline Trio one tv show: SG1
neutral · AI labelView post →Americans will tell you "did you know The Departed was based on a (or series of three) chinese movie(s)?) but they do not tell you that there are actually 8 Infernal Affairses and counting
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight I will watch Infernal Flesh. I bought this movie at a Christmas Market from a guy who seemed apologetic about making it so I know this shit is gonna BANG
positive · AI labelView post →ACAB does NOT include Tony Leung from Chungking Express or Infernal Affairs or any other film. ACAB does NOT include Tony Leung.
neutral · AI labelView post →I can't tell you how thrilled I am to finally get to sit down and talk with Phil Nobile Jr! As a Fangoria fan and a fellow movie fanatic, we all had a great time talking about his horror origins & his obscure & wacky film pick Trampa Infernal!! 🔥
positive · AI labelView post →The original film it’s a remake of… should have left it alone. Infernal Affairs. Also, lead Tony Leung
negative · AI labelView post →Cinema Infernal FB ❤️ 45 years ago today, a movie about a woman and her cat premiered.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thinking about this scene in the Mexican movie Trampa Infernal (Hell's Trap) (1989), where the Michael Myers equivalent has had enough of stalking and killing one by one, so he decides to just give the cast lead poisoning
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching Infernal Affairs II. This is also a prequel to the first move, and since both films inspired The Departed maybe they'll explain why nobody in either movie speaks with a Boston accent (because they're in Hong Kong?)
neutral · AI labelView post →No disrespect to Boston or the Dropkick Murphys, but that film was a knockout of Infernal Affairs without the subtlety.
positive · AI labelView post →Infernal Affairs 2 (2003) | It's honestly a bit baffling to imagine prequels or sequels to Infernal Affairs, and this is certainly an example where these definitely weren't the events that preceded the first film, but if you're going to make an unnecessary prequel, this is a damn good way to do it.
positive · AI labelView post →Infernal Affairs was a much better movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Came here to say this. I saw Infernal Affairs first because my cousin said it was a cool movie. And it was! Then I saw The Departed when it came out and kept saying “are you fucking kidding me?”
positive · AI labelView post →Anyone know if this movie INfernal actually got released? The physical makeup stuff I've seen looks amazeballs!! And it's described as a "heavy metal-infused Faustian tale." Sounds sweeeeeeeeet
neutral · AI labelView post →Horror Movie Survival Guide talks to @fangoria.com's editor-in-chief @philnobilejr.bsky.social this week about the cuckoo bananas 1989 Mexican slasher film Trampa Infernal AKA Hell's Trap & also talk to Phil about his horror origins & more! Art by Robert Sammelin www.buzzsprout.com/104713/episo...
neutral · AI labelView post →I haven't watched "Infernal Affairs" in a few years and I am watching it now and holy shit you guys, this is a really good movie and so much better than the remake.
positive · AI labelView post →Deciding what to watch or listen to in the bath is such a high-stakes process like is it gonna be NIGHTBREED??? Or Windhand’s album Grief’s Infernal Flower Or American Movie Or
neutral · AI labelView post →I find it rlly interesting that we’ve been talking about Abbas’s take on Hong Kong’s cinema and that within Infernal Affairs, we are actually given multiple scenes where characters literally meet in movie theaters. I find it neat how Chan Wing-yan is both a spectator watching the film / Sam and Lau
positive · AI labelView post →Just watched Day of the Jackal and have now updated my preferred mode of death to offscreen strangulation by Edward Fox to the sound of the Galop Infernal Note: - MUST be blond Fox, not that awful dye job in mid-film - The Galop Infernal must be played entirely on scrap metal from Cuves landfill
neutral · AI labelView post →#SeptemberMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky Day 21 - Betrayal in a Movie Infernal Affairs
neutral · AI labelView post →Favourite film for each year of the 2000s: (This was really difficult) 2000 In The Mood For Love 2001 Donnie Darko 2002 Infernal Affairs 2003 Underworld 2004 Mysterious Skin 2005 Brokeback Mountain 2006 Casino Royale 2007 Hot Fuzz 2008 Let the Right One In 2009 A Serious Man
neutral · AI labelView post →Departed is strictly inferior to the movie it copied, 2002 Hong Kong movie Infernal Affaies
positive · AI labelView post →Going through this tagset and seeing the Departed (and not seeing Infernal Affairs) is making me realize my simmering resentment of that movie has persisted for twenty years. Gonna take this film grudge to my grave.
negative · AI labelView post →Finally… not everyone was a fan. Infernal Affairs director Andrew Lau prefers his own film to Scorsese’s, and said: “I think the version I made is better, but the Hollywood version is pretty good too. Scorsese made a version more attuned to American culture. 35/35
neutral · AI labelView post →A remake of the Chinese film Infernal Affairs.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Departed is a remake of Infernal Affairs, a far superior movie-watch that!
positive · AI labelView post →Watching the 2016 film The Great Wall, which features Chinese actor Andy Lau from 2002’s Infernal Affairs, and American actor Matt Damon, who plays (essentially) the same character in 2006’s Hollywood adaptation of 2002’s Infernal Affairs, 2006’s The Departed (2006)
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