the Departed.

im still a fan of the original one. i agree with the review on i-weekly; the departed is much more realistic, much more brutal. but i prefer the cleverer plot of IA.

reason:

first, i prefer anathony wong's character to Martin Sheen's. cos in IA, anathony wong was more than a boss to yan. he's like a friend to him and his death actually had quite a big impact on yan and of course a big shock to the audience. but in the departed, queenan is like his boss only, if not a very friendly boss. but his death didnt really have an impact. and somemore there was the Dignam guy. so it wasnt tat bad for leo when queenan died. there was someone else who knew he was an undercover cop.

second, eric tsang is so so so much more 溅 than frank costello. serious. haha. costella is brutal, but eric tsang is.... 溅.

third, the death scene. didnt have the impact lah. the hk u can actually sense that the movie was comin to an end when the scene came. somehow, u could feel tat someone will die, only whether it was the good one or the bad one. the leo and matt scene looks a little... boring. like 'maybe this isnt the climax' tat kind of feelin.

and there's no 傻强!!

but i like the character development of leo, which wasnt really shown in IA for tony leung. and the story made much more sense. i didnt really pity tony leung in IA cos he didnt really looked tat scared. but leo really looked like he was tramutised and he was afraid for his life. matt is.. um. i like andy lau better.

anw, took this from IMDb:

The word "fuck" and its derivatives are said 237 times throughout the film.

omg. haha. that's why it's M18.