Martin Scorsese Wants Infernal Affairs Re-Make

By Jack February 13, 2004 1:52 PM

Variety reports that Martin Scorsese hopes to produce and direct a US remake of hit Hong Kong gangster movie Infernal Affairs. Brad Pitt's production comanpny has been keen to produce with Brad also starring in the lead role.

The original 'Infernal Affairs' tells the story of a police officer who is working undercover inside the Hong Kong triads and a gang member who has infiltrated the police.

Scorsese has just finished work on Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator, with a host of new Hollywood stars playing 30s Hollywood stars.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 15, 2004 2:09 PM

Sounds fantastic.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 17, 2004 6:10 AM

...ly bad.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 21, 2004 3:34 AM

Why? Is the original Internal Affairs bad? Is Scorsese too mainstream? Is Pitt too hot? Or is my aforementioned comment just too positive for your psuedo patina?

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 22, 2004 2:42 PM

infernal affairs is one of the best hong kong movies I've seen.  it's a shame westerners don't appreciate foreign movies so I guess a hollywood remake will have to do.  hope it stays true o the original.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 23, 2004 2:45 AM

I'm so interlectual that I can't watch anything that's not in black and white or has subtitles.

why   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 24, 2004 7:37 AM

why hollywood always "remaking". I can understand for oldies b&w. But this film as others was filmed in 2002 !!!

yes   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 25, 2004 6:51 AM

Yea, but it was filmed in another country and because of the fact that 63% of Americans are illiterate and therefore can't read subtitles they believe it's a good idea to remake it.

yeah   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 28, 2004 3:35 PM

i hope they do justice to the infernal affairs remake. too bad the original version isn't released here. the only way most people get it is through bootlegs and illegal downloads.

yeah   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 28, 2004 3:35 PM

i hope they do justice to the infernal affairs remake. too bad the original version isn't released here. the only way most people get it is through bootlegs and illegal downloads.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 28, 2004 4:42 PM

Why oh why?? Did they seriously think that the re-make of the Ring was good?? Are they really that deluded...?
If this does go ahead, I really hope they do it well, because if not, then they will have ruined one of the best HK flicks in a long while...

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 1, 2004 3:42 AM

Piracy funds terrorism, i saw it on TV

Infernal Affairs DVD   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 2, 2004 12:00 PM

The original VCS/DVD of the whole Trilogy already has released... You always can import it..

That's simply KOOL.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 3, 2004 5:49 AM

Hope they can really do it well.The trilogy is currently my favorite of all:)

Yea!!!!   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 3, 2004 8:28 AM

I would be even cooler if they did are remake with Scooby Doo in the lead role. It could be called Rinfernal Arairs rith Rooby Roooooooooo.

IA   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 5, 2004 5:44 AM

uhh, stupid hollywood, just watch the goddamn film as it is!! also whites think that Ring was a american film *OMFG* nuff said

What?   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 8, 2004 8:07 AM

What do you mean 'whites'? I'm sure there are plenty of dumb black Americans too, don't sell them short.

J-man   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 9, 2004 6:16 PM

U can't remake an original....the Chinese Original...will always be the best. Unless u bring together Brad pitt(leonardo playing the young version of him), Tom Cruise(jeremy Jackson/ or sumnoe that'll resemble cruise)...Al Pacino, Rob Dinero....Sorry..thats my opinion...if they are going to re-make this movie, they better bring out the big guns....Use All the money given to them..and bring this movie to life..as in the triology did for the Asian Media market...Infernal affairs 1,2,3...bring it together, And dont F*** up.~!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 9, 2004 9:52 PM

Considering that Miramx owns the American distribution rights to "Infernal Affairs", I'm wondering if Scorsese's doing this to get under their skin (apparently, he's going to make this with another production company).

As far as the idea of remaking it....if it were anybody other than Scorsese, I'd be cringing in fear.  However, considering his track record (let's see, "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull", "After Hours", "Last Temptation Of Christ", "King Of Comedy", "Goodfellas", "Age Of Innocence"....well, you can always go to IMDB to look it up), I'm more curious than anything else.

ARGH! Cool!   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 11, 2004 3:44 AM

Noooooooo! You can't remake it! Well maybe you could if Britney Spears was in it cos she's hot. More sex too!

thats not fair   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 20, 2004 5:13 PM

thats not fair at on to the hong kong producers. they do have infernal affair 2 and 3 and if you have one by usa then it would affect the amount of money hong kong makes

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 22, 2004 9:52 AM

No way, I've seen the HK movie. It's pretty good. I just wonder how good the US version will be.

Hong Kong Fooey   reply

Posted by seenit (undertheinfluenceof@hotmail.com) on March 24, 2004 12:45 PM

Infernal Affairs has just been given a cinema release in England and I have just been to see  at a cinema in central London. Thought it very good. Look forward to the release of 2&3. Heard about a possible remake with Mr Pitt. Don't think he has the necessary physical menace in spite of Fight club the actor who plays Lau has a face like a Ninja throwing star and the under cover cop spends the film either literally or metorphorically on the shrinks couch looking like hes on rehab the film reeks threat when their on the screen ,  remember they are both in a " continuous hell" to quote the film, and remember the problem Pitt had playing Mr Black a.k.a Death himself. You need someone like Del Toro for the cop and maybe the lead guy out of Things to do in Dever when your Dead, not Walken though he would be great for the fat gang boss( sorry i forget his name) they got the looks but you would still want them on your side in a fight
The story is a great dramatic contstuct just needs careful repect, and Scorcese not to be afraid of getting dirty.

eh...   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 24, 2004 5:21 PM

Hong Kong version was pretty gritty. Hope the Americans don't piss off the Chinese by doing a cheesy-fied version with million dollar explosions and crappy fist fights. if the Americans liked the original so much then why remake it? isn't that just going to ruin and tarnish the original? the original Nikita was AMAZING and intense- and once i watched the re-make, and hated it, watching the original only reminded me of the shitty Jane Fonda version! Americans are PRO's at f***ing things up.

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Posted by seenit (undertheinfluenceof@hotmail.com) on March 28, 2004 1:44 PM

Let me guess bastard child of an American GI and a Vietnamese hooker stationed in Peng?
Dear God their not the children of Anti Christ
get a grip.You hate filled twat;)

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 31, 2004 6:27 PM

I had a hate filled twat once.

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Posted by seenit (undertheinfluenceof@hotmail.com) on April 6, 2004 3:19 PM

Once a Knight, always a Jester

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 7, 2004 9:52 AM

Speaking of Batman, I like pie.

Copycat.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 9, 2004 9:52 PM

Does everything good in the world need US production to "grant" a remaking? If US wanna get something good, she should produce her own ones, not copy others'. No matter how good the US version will be, it is still the second one, the copied one.

Original yet dubbed   reply

Posted by seriously (No Email) on April 9, 2004 10:23 PM

All good Chinese language movie can be shown to the West without any edit or remake. If language is the problem, dub it. Westerners can't imagine how an English-speaking movie looks like when all the actors/actresses are not white or black yet speaking English fluetly. In Singapore, almost all Chinese can speak English. A lot of Singapore-made TV drama series and some movies are totally in English, but all the artistes are Singapore natives, not a single white or black. So please keep Infernal Affairs, Shaolin Soccer, Hero, etc, intact. No cut. No remake. Dub it in English if really necessary, since it is so tough for the Americans to read English.

fool!   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 12, 2004 1:02 PM

that's racism man!!

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Posted by seriously (No Email) on April 12, 2004 7:34 PM

The racism actually starts from the West. They think that Chinese and Japanese look weird in speaking English, so they have to remake what is already good e.g. 'The Ring'. See how they make fun of Jackie Chan in his first US movie "Rush Hour"? They think he can't speak good English. In fact, I think the Americans are even worse in learning new language. And worse, they are not patient to read English subtitle. What else can I say about them?

you're so right!   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 13, 2004 6:11 AM

Yes of course you're right, the West is racist and the rest of the world isn't.

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Posted by under80 (joe24october@yahoo.com.hk) on August 24, 2004 5:20 AM

remaking may be a good thing.
Since most of the Westerners will not think of getting an Asian film.
So evern though there're good Asian film, hardly anyone will get it released in the West cuz it's not making big $$.
But if, in the case, Infernal Affairs is remade in a good quality, people who like it may also check the HK version out.
That will help promoting the original as well.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on October 6, 2004 3:12 PM

please watch the chinese version of nikita and compare.