A few reviews

[mnkykungfu]

^^ The door maybe swings both ways. I really liked 'Wild Search', the Ringo Lam/Chow Yun-fat rip-off of Peter Weir/Harrison Ford's 'Witness'. I'd totally forgotten that I already owned an old 2nd hand Tartan Asia Extreme DVD of 'Infernal Affairs'.  The picture quality is probably poor but it's Cantonese 5.1.  I'll give it a watch soon.

 
You're right, it for sure goes both ways. That said, it doesn't bother me much when someone working in a smaller film industry borrows or steals from an American filmmaker. They have all the advantages. It's like the difference in satirical comedy vs a comedian using the "it's just a joke" defense to excuse being an a*****e. If you "punch up", they should be able to take it. But "punching down" is using your platform to disempower others. I haven't seen Lam's Wild Search, so I don't know how much of a rip-off it is, but I'd be okay with him punching up. On the other hand, as much as I love it, Tarantino stealing Reservoir Dogs from Lam's City on Fire and then trying for years to evade and deny it is definitely punching down.

I hope you can enjoy Infernal Affairs on its own merits though. I haven't spoken with someone who watched it after watching The Departed. It's sooooo old-school HK.