Trivia / The Infernal Affairs Trilogy

• Completely Different Title: First movie:
  • Original title: The Non-Stop Way
  • English-speaking countries: Infernal Affairs
  • Greece: The Man of Law
  • Iran: Evil Deeds
  • Portugal: Infiltrated
  • Spain: Dirty Game
  • Turkey: Dirty Jobs
  • Vietnam: No Way
• The Danza: Andy Lau as Lau Kin Ming and Anthony Wong as Wong Chi Shing.
• Ensemble Cast: The pre-release hype of the first film was generated by this, where the main casts are Hong Kong's A-list celebrities.
• Playing Against Type: All over the place:
  • Eric Tsang is the most obvious example, as he was a well known comedy star and a TV game show host before he portrayed the triad boss Hon Sam.
  • Anthony Wong, on the other hand, is known for sinister roles like gangsters and serial killers. He plays a senior police superintendent.
  • Andy Lau is typically cast in protagonist roles, making him very believable as a cop - only so he can be an undercover gangster.
  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai was mostly known for quiet and peaceful characters (for example in various films by Wong Kar-wai), so the relatively aggressive nature of Yan in some places also serves as an example.
  • Francis Ng portrays Ngai Wing-hau, a soft-spoken and family-oriented mob boss in the second film, a stark contrast to the Ax-Crazy, brash and hot-headed Ugly Kwan which he's famous for.

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