Episode 15 - Infernal Affairs & The Departed

Season two kicks off with two awards big-hitters, winning dozens of international awards between them.

Firstly, the smash hit Hong Kong crime film Infernal Affairs, starring megastar actors Tony Chiu-Wai Leung and Andy Lau. This is a fast-paced, slick, exciting cops and robbers thriller, with a uniquely complex hook. It's so good, in fact, that less than five years after it's release, Martin Scorsese remade it with Leonardo di Caprio and Matt Damon in the lead roles, as The Departed.

But just because its more expensive and has an English language audio track, that's not necessarily enough to convince the GBR team that it was worthy of remaking. The Departed is arguably the most requested film we've done to date. Find out whether it lived up to the hype.

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Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala