The Departed Based on Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs VS The Departed

(Original Title: Mou gaan dou)     

                 This considered as a gangster, crime thriller genre based on a story between a mole in the the police department, who has been sent by the mafia and an undercover cop. Who find themselves having the same objectives and targets to find who is the mole and who is the undercover cop.

The film was critically acclaimed for its swift story line and original plot, which lead to it being selected for the Hong Kong '76th Academy Awards' for 'best Foreign Language'

but it was not nominated. However Miramax Films acquired the United States distribution rights of the film and gave it a limited US theatrical release in 2004. It was then remade by Martin Scorsese in 2006 as 'The Departed', which went on to win the 'Academy Award for Best Picture.'