Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

ebiros2 Although this is a sequel to Part 1, much of the story takes place before inspectors Chan dies, so you'll see him still alive for most of the movie, as does Sam and SP Wong. New character played by Leon Lai (SP Yueng) enters the plot to add pressure to the nefarious activities of inspector Ming, and how the tape evidence to his crime survives his attempts to destroy it becomes part of the plot to this sequel.Kelly Chen reprises her role as Dr. Lee and plays a part in unraveling of Ming's secret. Bit story of Ming and Chan + SP Yuen in their younger days in the academy are told to tie the plot.This is a story where the schemer get out schemed by his own activity, and digs his own grave. In the end you see him tapping "Hell" in Morse code (which for some reason he was keen to study in previous parts), probably recognizing that there's hell to pay for all he's done.Good of this movie was the part of SP Yueng played by Leon Lai. He was just great in this role.Part 3 is made with same craftsmanship of the first two that put this series on the map. How inspector Ming's deception comes out in the open is the main intrigue of this final installment, and you will not be disappointed.

lastliberal While this is a great film with an incomparable score and outstanding cinematography, it leaves a lot to be desired.It is really not necessary as the first two films really give us all we need. It is light on action and heavy on psychological trauma. Andy Lau as Inspector Lau has taken care of all the moles - or he thinks he has. he is not sure and wants to be clear there is nothing tying him to Sam so he can be the good cop he wants to be. SP Leung is a creepy fellow and we are never sure just what he is. Is he a mole, or just a crooked cop. It is never clear.I was glad that Kelly Chen got a much bigger role as Dr. lee, but it would have been even better if we saw a relationship with Yan. It was obvious that she had love for him, but it never blossomed on screen. Yes, I know that would be a violation of the doctor-patient relationship, but it was there under the surface. Why didn't it come out.We got to see quite a bit of Tony Leung in this film, and that is always a good thing.It was very distracting the way the film jumped back and forth through time. It was trying to tie up the loose ends, but it was disconcerting.It could have been an outstanding film, but it'll just have to be great to see the actors and enjoy their performance.

Andrew The last installment of Infernal Affairs was suppose to offer closure to the story. All it does is finish off Inspector Lau Kin Ming's (Andy Lau)story but leaves any other character's stories untold. The plot of this story, if you can even call it that, was based around the desire to feature Inspector Lau Kin Ming's (Andy Lau)and Dr. Lee Sum Yee (Kelly Chen) as much as possible. Watching Ming's character fall from grace was all good and well, but the movie left giant plot holes. 1) Why would Chan Wing Yan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) be willing to help SP Wong Chi Shing (Anthony Wong) if he conspired to kill his father and also killed his half-brother? At the end of IF2 he seems horrified and distraught after the SP Wong kills his half brother, yet in IF1 he is communicating with him like nothing happened? 2) Besides not answering this question, IF3 just raises more. Why would Chan Wing Yan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) be willing to keep working for Hon Sam (Eric Tsang) if he was purposely set up by him? You even see Tsui Wai-keung (Chapman To) get out of Sam's car, and in IF1 they are suddenly completely trusted by Sam and even loyal to him? The movie itself is drawn out and painstakingly slow, or it jumps around from time period to time period confusingly. The movie also decides to introduce two completely new characters, who are not properly introduced until mid/end movie, which makes it even more confusing. It does not resemble the previous two movies in any way. The fact that Ming (Andy Lau) becomes schizophrenic only adds to the confusing, showing the viewer visual hallucinations when it is already quite clear that the audience already knows he has gone crazy. (NB: The scene where Mary (Carina Lau) appears and shoots him in the mental health institute.) Furthermore, when Ming (Andy Lau) shoots himself in the head, he doesn't die? In fact, they state he has brain damage, to accompany his schizophrenia, which was needed because??? He needed more metal problems??? 3) If we assume Inspector/SP Yeung Kam Wing (Leon Lai) is a mole then why does he try to set up Sam? And why does he not kill Chan Wing Yan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) when he knows he is a undercover cop. Alternatively if we assume he is clean, how does he have the meeting with Sam in the library? If this is a delusion in inspector Min's (Andy Lau) mind, this was not clear at all. But if SP Yeung (Leon Lai) was clean we need to ask why didn't Chan Wing Yan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) turn to them to clear his name in IF1? Because... the writers did not think this last movie through.Therefore this movie only takes away from the first two. It only gets a 5 because of some of the artistic features it has, but the story line is missing and flawed. Minor complaints: 1) Del Piero (Dion Lam) was not shown at all, but he was suppose to be always with Tsui Wai-keung (Chapman To) and his equal in rank. 2) In IF1 we assume that the little girl at his funeral is Chan Wing Yan's (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) daughter. Is anyone else but me interested in that? Where the heck is the love story in this whole series?

philaychan I've watched Infernal Affairs I, II & III, in a year time. I loved the first one very much. It gave me a very unexpected feeling. It's simple but strong in impact. Though one could mention a lot of flaws in the plot, I just couldn't resist its charm. The second one made me disappointed because it lacked the kind of impact the first one gave me. Now after watching the third one, I realise why there needs to be a second one in totally different style than the first one. It's a preparation for the audiences adapting to the change in the third one.I like this third one. Without the second one, probably I would have been like the other audiences critising the change of style from the first one. It's this kind of change, it's made the film more solid, full of human feeling. The first one indeed was touching only the surface of the hole. This third one is more into the content of it - the heart of the people.I love particularly the part describing Andy Lau's psychological sufferings and changes. The shadowing effect he had with Tony Leung should deserve a credit for script writing, directing and editting. The interlacing of stories between that happened before and after Tony Leung's death has been editted great. I feel sorry for people who don't read this or who don't like it. It's certainly the best part of the film which should earn a credit rather than negative critics.I would conclude that the first one is like spicy cuisine which is strong in taste and quick in making one like it immediately if you can stand it. The third one is somehow a French cuisine where you have to be patient, taste it slowly together with the wine before you appreciate the marvellous cooking skills and feel the heart of the Chef.