Plot
In 1991
Hong Kong Police Force Senior Inspector Wong Chi-Shing meets his Triad informant,Hon Sam. Meanwhile,Lau Kin-Ming,who is due to become Hon's prospective mole within the Hong Kong Police Force,assassinates Hon's Triad boss,Ngai Kwun,in a mission for Hon's wife,Mary,who wants Hon to rise up the triad ranks. Mary tells Lau to keep her order secret from all,including Hon.
With Kwun dead,the Big Four triad underbosses intend to stop paying their dues to the Ngai family,but Kwun's successor and son Ngai Wing-Hau manipulates them to continue by blackmailing them on their mutual betrayals. As Lau enlists in the police academy,another police cadet,Chan Wing-Yan,is expelled from the academy upon the discovery that he is also a (illegitimate) son of Kwun's,despite his dissociation with the Ngais. The police tell Chan to meet Wong,who enlists Chan as an undercover cop after Chan relays his purpose of being a righteous man. Chan is imprisoned on fake criminal charges to get close to one of Hon's men,Keung,whom Chan helped arrest previously.
In 1995
Lau has risen as a rookie cop,due to tips on criminal dealings from Hon. Meanwhile,Chan has become a small-time gangster after his and Keung's release from prison. Chan's girlfriend aborts their baby due to his gang association. Wing-Hau invites Chan to join the Triad,then tells the Big Four and Hon that he wants to emigrate,leaving them the Hong Kong underworld. Wing-Hau sends Hon to Thailand to link up with Thai cocaine smugglers,and Hon leaves despite Mary's warning of a trap. Mary meets Wong,and finally revealed to the audience that Wong had ordered her to kill Kwun.
Wing-Hau's right-hand-man,Law,who is also an undercover cop,tips off the next deal of Wing-Hau's. There,the police arrest Wing-Hau,but instead of finding drugs,they find a video located by Wing-Hau's hired private investigators,showing Mary and Wong's conspiracy to murder Kwun. Simultaneously,Wing-Hau's men assassinate the Big Four. Mary admits the truth about Kwun's assassination to Hon. Spooked,Hon and Keung kill many of Thai Mafia. Still trapped by the various schemes,Hon makes a desperate overture to Thai mafioso Paul for an alliance,but instead Paul attempts to shoot Hon;fortunately for Hon,the gun misfires. Wing-Hau also sends a man to kill Mary,but Lau kills him to save Mary. The police release Wing-Hau,who kills Law after discovering Law's wire. Chan saves Wing-Hau from a drive-by shooting,possibly conducted by Lau.
Wing-Hau has a car bomb planted in Inspector Wong's car,but it kills Wong's superior and friend,Superintendent Luk,while Wong is unharmed. Lau hides Mary in a safehouse. When she rejects his romantic advances and attempts to travel to Thailand for Hon,Lau anonymously betrays her to Wing-Hau's men,who kill her at Kai Tak Airport.
In 1997
Lau is promoted to Probation Inspector,while Chan is a full-fledged triad member. Hon has a new wife and child in Thailand. Inspector Wong admits guilt of conspiracy to murder to an internal investigation,but the department clears him so that he can take down the increasingly powerful Wing-Hau. Wong persuades Hon to return to Hong Kong to testify against Wing-Hau,as revenge for Mary. Wing-Hau is arrested,ruining his attempt to enter politics. Hon's testimony would threaten a short jail sentence for Wing-Hau. Chan later passes Wong decisive evidence against Wing-Hau.
Triad member Uncle John has the Thai mafia take Hon's Thai wife and child hostage. Hon escapes witness protection and confronts Wing-Hau. Hon reveals that the Thai mafia were allied with him,and they killed Uncle John. Hon also proves that Paul is holding the rest of the Ngai family hostage in Hawaii. The police arrive as an infuriated Wing-Hau prepares to shoot Hon. Hon accepts his death internally,knowing that as revenge Wing-Hau will either be killed or jailed for life. Wong ended up shooting Wing-Hau to save Hon. As Wing-Hau dies in Chan's arms,he discovers Chan's wire.
In the aftermath,Wong laments the failure to imprison Wing-Hau. Paul insists on executing the Ngai family to tie up loose ends,despite Hon's reluctance. The murders turn Hon into a top criminal target for Wong. Undercover cop Chan joins Keung in Hon's triad,while Lau,Hon's police spy,handles a case for a young woman,Mary,his future fiancée,setting up the events of Infernal Affairs .
Awards
Although Infernal Affairs II earned twelve nominations for the 2003 Hong Kong Film Awards,it could not match its predecessor's success. The film won only one award,Best Original Film Song,for the song "長空" (performed by Cantopop band Beyond). [5] The film won the Best Film award at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards.
23rd Hong Kong Film Awards
- Won:Best Original Film Song (Wong Ka Keung,Yip Sai Wing,Beyond)
- Nominated:Best Film (Andrew Lau)
- Nominated:Best Director (Andrew Lau,Mak Siu-fai)
- Nominated:Best Screenplay (Mak Siu-fai,Chong Man-keung)
- Nominated:Best Actor (Francis Ng)
- Nominated:Best Actress (Carina Lau)
- Nominated:Best Supporting Actor (Chapman To)
- Nominated:Best Supporting Actor (Liu Kai-chi)
- Nominated:Best Cinematography (Andrew Lau,Ng Man-ching)
- Nominated:Best Editing (Curran Pang,Danny Pang)
- Nominated:Best Original Film Score (Chan Kwong-wing)
- Nominated:Best Sound Effects (Kinson Tsang)
10th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
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