the Departed aka Infernal Affairs

So finally its out.

The trailer for the upcoming film, The Departed. Starring big names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Martin Sheen and Mark Wahlberg. Bit cast, some great actors there. Why is this news to the Wang’s gentle readers? Well for those of u that don’t know, this is basically the Scorsese’s remake of the Chinese hit film, The Infernal Affairs (which is seen here with the worst translated DVD cover ever…, here’s a better original Asian one)

And incase u don’t know anything about Infernal Affairs, it was basically the 2002 Hong Kong blockbuster epic about a cop and a gangster going undercover as gansters and cops, which earned some of the greatest acting moments for actor Tony Leung and Andy Lau.

It looks like tis coming out at the end of the year. So be ready for some hong kong drama, done NYC style. The wang isn’t really interested in cop dramas, skipped most of them famous movies like Training Day (mainly due to the hatred of Antoine Fuqua, who failed the Wang in The Repalcements.) But the Wang might check this out, just to see how Hollywood is doing adapting HK films, since they r too scared to make anything original. I mean seriously, besides comic books, Asian film adapations, and hashed-up TV remakes, Hollywood has lost the balls to try make any new and original movies. Oh well, but still, This does seem like it can be an interesting cop drama. The HK version did surprise the Wang a bit on how entertaining it was, so perhaps perhaps, their hope.