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Punk Chan Kwong-wing (simplified Chinese: 陈光荣; traditional Chinese: 陳光榮; born June 15, 1967), also known as Comfort Chan Kwong-wing, is a music composer for Hong Kong films.
- Chan Wing-kwong
Professor Chan Wing-kwong (Chinese: 陳永光; born 1963) is a...
- Infernal Affairs
Around the same time, Chan Wing-Yan, a young police cadet,...
- Chan Wing-kwong
Professor Chan Wing-kwong (Chinese: 陳永光; born 1963) is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, professor and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Election Committee constituency.
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Hon Sam, a Hong Kong Triad boss, sends Lau Kin-ming, a young gangster, to the police academy to serve as his spy in the Hong Kong Police Force. Around the same time, Chan Wing-Yan, a young police cadet, is seemingly expelled from the police academy. In reality, Chan has secretly become an undercover cop, reporting only to Superintendent Wong Chi-sh...
Andy Lau as Senior Inspector Lau Kin-ming (劉健明), Hon's spy in the Hong Kong Police Force.Tony Leung as Chan Wing-yan (陳永仁), an undercover cop in Hon's Triad.Anthony Wong as SuperintendentWong Chi-shing (黃志誠), Chan's superior.An alternate ending for the film was shot in order to comply with Article 25 (7) of the Chinese Film Administration Regulations specifying that films cannot propagate obscenity, gambling or violence, or abet to commit crimes.In the original (Hong Kong) ending, Lau concealed his true identity as a Triad spy and identified himself as a police officer...
Postcolonial identity crisis in Hong Kong
In Infernal Affairs, the identity crisis suffered by both Chan and Lau as a mole is hinting at the struggle of Hong Kong residents, who faced both the colonization by the British and the reunification with Mainland China. Specifically, under Deng Xiaoping’s "One Country, Two System policy", the duplicity, unsettling, and uncertain nature of the future of Hong Kong residents is tightly echoed in Chan and Lau's character developments. Scholar Howard Y. F. Choy further claimed that "this postcol...
Quotes from Buddha
Infernal Affairs opens with Buddhist classic Nirvana Sutra Verse Nineteen, stating that "The worst of the Eight Hells is called Continuous Hell. It has the meaning of Continuous Suffering. Thus the name." The film also closes with another quote from Buddha, stating that "He who is in Continuous Hell never dies. Longevity is a big hardship in Continuous Hell." In Buddhism, Continuous Hell is also termed The Avici, where one can never reincarnate nor be relieved from guilt and suffering. This c...
Box office
Upon its premiere in Hong Kong, Infernal Affairs grossed $160,356 during the opening day (16–19 January). In total, the film grossed $7,035,649 during its run in Hong Kong theatres.The film was then released across Asia, where it grossed a further $169,659 from theatre receipts. In 2016, South Korean theaters re-released the film, which went on to gross $128,026 across three weeks. The total lifetime gross of the film in Korea is $977,903. In total, worldwide, the film grossed $8,836,958 acro...
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, Infernal Affairs has an approval rating of 94% based on reviews from 64 critics, with an average rating of 7.50/10. The consensus from the site reads as "Smart and engrossing, this is one of Hong Kong's better cop thrillers." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 75 out of 100 based on reviews from 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". It was ranked as the 62nd Best Movie of 2004, 86th Most Discussed Movie of 2004, and the 95th Most Shared Movie of 2004. F...
Accolades
Infernal Affairs played an integral role in Andrew Lau's breakout films in entering the 21st century. Being the most critically acclaimed film of his to date, it was ranked No. 30 in Empire Magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010.[citation needed] Infernal Affairs gained significant traction during its festival run as it was nominated for sixteen awards during the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards, winning seven of those categories. It also won the Best Picture at the 40th Golden Hor...
The original film score for Infernal Affairs was written and performed by Chan Kwong-wing. The theme song, Infernal Affairs (無間道), was composed by Ronald Ng, lyrics provided by Albert Leung, and performed in Cantonese and Mandarin by Andy Lau and Tony Leung. Although not included in the soundtrack, Tsai Chin's (蔡琴) song "Forgotten Times" (《被遺忘的時光》)...
Script
Writer Alan Mak had long wanted to write a story about police and gangsters. The script of Infernal Affairs was inspired by John Woo's Face/Off (1997) but Mak knew that faces cannot swap in the real world. Instead, he focused on the exchange of identity and psychology between the two leads and delved into human nature and the human heart. In the process of Mak's creation, his good friend Felix Chongalso encouraged and supported him. The script, written by Mak and revised by Chong, took three...
Investment
The script for Infernal Affairs originally belonged to Andy Lau's Teamwork Motion Pictures, but entangled amidst a lawsuit, the company was unable to produce the film. In addition, the creative team could not find investors because other studios at the time thought that an undercover film wasn't novel enough to make money. Eventually, Andrew Lau made a hopeless bid and showed the script to John Chong at Media Asia Entertainment Group. To his surprise Chong and company chairman Peter Lamsaw po...
With star power, visual allure, and an engaging script, Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs /《無間道》(2002) did very well critically and financially, spawned two sequels and a television series, and attracted the attention of Hollywood.In 2003, Brad Pitt's production company Plan B Entertainment acquired the rights for a Hollywood remake, named...
Infernal Affairs at IMDbInfernal Affairs at Box Office MojoInfernal Affairs at Rotten TomatoesInfernal Affairs at MetacriticProfessor Hon CHAN Wing-kwong. Director since 23 November 2021. Professor Hon Chan is also serving on other boards and public bodies, including: Member, Legislative Council, HKSAR; Chairman, Chinese Medicine Practice Subcommittee, Chinese Medicine Development Committee, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government
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Chan Kwong Wing was born on 15th June,1967. As a music composer, a keyboardist and a guitar player , he leads his team in Click Music Studio, writing lots of music for films, pop songs and CMs. He loves to blend electronic sounds with guitar and ensemble strings, with rhythmic bass/percussi…
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W.K. Chan is an associate professor of computer science at City University of Hong Kong. He received all his BEng in Computer Engineering, MPhil degree and PhD degree from The University of Hong Kong.
