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Infernal Affairs II 48 Wu jian dao II Infernal Affairs II Regie: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak Land: Hong Kong 2003. Produktion: Basic Pictures, Raintree Pictures, Note Eastern Dragon Film Co, Media Asia. Regie: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak. Buch: The Cantonese title of the film is ‘Miu gaan diy’. The phrase Alan Mak, Felix Chong. Kamera: Andrew Lau, Ng Man Ching. Sound- “Wu jian dao” is Buddhist terminology meaning “the way of Design: Kinson Tang. Musik: Chan Kwong Wing. Ausstattung: Bill Lui. uninterrupted suffering”. Kostüme: Silver Cheung. Action-Regie: Lee Tat Chiu. Schnitt: Danny Pang, Pang Ching Hei. Produzenten: Andrew Lau, John Chong, Daniel Synopsis Yun, Ma Bao Ping. The assassination of Triad kingpin Kwun in 1991 unleashes Darsteller: Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Carina Lau, Francis Ng, Shawn a power struggle among other Triad bosses. While they are Yue, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Hu Jun, Roy Cheung, Liu Kai Chi, Chapman all geared up to make the first move should the Kwun fam- To, Joe Cheung, Fong Ping, Peter Ngor, Arthur Wong, Teddy Chan, Yu ily collapse into chaos, Sam remains the only loyalist. Mean- Chiu. while, under the command of Inspectors Wong and SP Luk, Format: 35mm, Cinemascope, Farbe. the police have been placed on the highest alert. A blood- Länge: 119 Minuten, 24 Bilder/Sekunde. bath is bound to take place. Sprache: Chinesisch (Kantonesisch). To everybody’s surprise, the ultimate winner in this scramble Uraufführung: 1. Oktober 2003, Kinostart Hong Kong. is a most unlikely candidate: Kwun’s son Hau. An accoun- Weltvertrieb: Media Asia Distribution Limited, 24/F., Causeway Bay tant in training, Hau has concealed his cunning ruthless- Plaza II, 463-483 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Tel.: (852) ness under an almost self-effacing façade. Almost effort- 2314 4288, Fax: (852) 2314 4248. lessly, he manages to restrain all the other Triad bosses to E-mail: [email protected] become the new kingpin. To watch over Hau’s every step, Wong sends rookie Yan as a Anmerkung mole to infiltrate into his organisation. It turns out that Der Titel des Films in kantonesischer Sprechweise lautet ‘Miu gaan diy’. Yan is actually Hau’s half-brother who has severed all ties Der chinesische Titel ist ein Begriff aus der buddhistischen Terminolo- with his father. Inside Hau’s organisation, Yan befriends gie und heißt übersetzt sinngemäß ‘Der Weg des ununterbrochenen Keung, one of Sam’s underlings. Meanwhile, in order to Leidens’. strengthen his position, Sam has sent a young subordinate, Ming, to enroll in the police cadet academy. Inhalt Three years have gone by. Yan has become a trusted mem- Die Ermordung des obersten Triaden-Bosses Kwun führt 1991 zu ei- ber in Hau’s organisation while Ming has risen up to top nem erbitterten Machtkampf unter den übrigen Anführern der Triaden. ranks in the police force thanks to information supplied by Für den Fall, dass Kwuns Familie seine Geschäfte nicht weiterführen Sam. In the meantime, Hau has become more ambitious than kann, bereiten sich die Triaden auf eine mögliche Übernahme des Im- ever. He sees to it that all the other Triad bosses are taken periums vor. Sam hält den Kwuns als einziger die Treue. Die Polizei down at the same time. Even Sam is targeted für elimination unter der Führung von Inspektor Wong und Kommissar Luk befindet in Thailand. sich in höchster Alarmbereitschaft. Ein Blutbad scheint unausweich- Hau has also found out that in order to help Sam climb up lich. the echelon in the Triad world, Sam’s girlfriend Mary colluded Zur Überraschung aller Beteiligten gewinnt Kwuns Sohn Hau, der Kan- with Inspector Wong years ago to assassinate his father. didat, von dem man es am wenigsten erwartet hätte, bei diesem Durch- When Ming learns that Mary, on whom he has had a secret einander die Oberhand. Als Buchhalter in Ausbildung hatte Hau seine crush since time immemorial, is in physical danger, he tries durchtriebene Rücksichtslosigkeit bislang hinter einer undurchschau- his best to rescue her, only to see her killed before his eyes. baren Fassade verborgen. Beinahe mühelos gelingt es ihm, die Tria- With Mary killed, Wong becomes the next target. When his 1 den-Bosse in die Schranken zu weisen und sich als ihr neuer Anführer best friend Luk dies in his stead, Wong decides to fight durchzusetzen. back on pain of death. Um Haus Schritte genauestens zu beobachten, schleust Inspektor Wong In 1997, Sam suddenly makes a surprise comeback in Hong den Polizei-Neuling Yan als Maulwurf in Haus Organisation ein. Es stellt Kong. It turns out that he has survived Hau’s assassination sich heraus, dass Yan in Wahrheit Haus Halbbruder ist und vor vielen attempt and has been hiding with Keung and others in Thai- Jahren die Verbindung zu seinem Vater abgebrochen hat. Innerhalb land. Wong has tracked him down and has convinced him to der Triade freundet sich Yan mit Keung an, einem von Haus Handlan- come back as a witness against Hau... gern. Zur gleichen Zeit hat Sam, um seine Stellung zu festigen, den jungen Untergebenen Ming als Polizeianwärter auf der Polizeischule Relationship list untergebracht. Ming – Mary: Drei Jahre vergehen. Yan hat sich in dieser Zeit eine Vertrauensposition Ming has always had a crush on Mary, his boss’ wife, and is in Haus Organisation erarbeitet, während Ming – dank der Informatio- willing to risk his life to murder Kwun for her. But when he nen von Sam – Karriere bei der Polizei gemacht hat. Haus Ehrgeiz kennt tries to reveal his affection to her, Mary bluntly turns him keine Grenzen. Er veranlasst, dass alle Triaden-Bosse zur gleichen Zeit down and is swiftly killed in a hit-and-run. Mary becomes abgelöst werden. Auch Sam, der sich gerade in Thailand aufhält, soll the turning point of a devastated Ming’s life. liquidiert werden. Hau hat herausgefunden, dass Sams Freundin Mary Ming – Sam: in dem Bestreben, Sams Aufstieg innerhalb der Triade voranzutreiben, Ming has been under Sam’s wing for years, and later is sent vor Jahren gemeinsam mit Inspektor Wong die Ermordung von Haus to enroll in the police academy to be Sam’s mole. Ming’s Vater veranlasst hat. Als Ming erfährt, dass Mary, in die er seit langem distinguished performance in the police force is all because verliebt ist, in Lebensgefahr ist, setzt er alles in Bewegung, um sie zu of Sam’s resources, thus he becomes Ming’s haunting night- retten. Doch er muss tatenlos zusehen, wie sie vor seinen Augen er- mare when the latter tries to come clean. mordet wird. Nachdem Mary tot ist, wird Wong zur nächsten Zielschei- Ming – Inspector Wong: be. Als sein bester Freund Luk an seiner Stelle ermordet wird, ent- Wong is Ming’s superior in the police force, and highly re- schließt sich Wong zurückzuschlagen. gards the young cop as the future of the police force. 1997 kehrt Sam überraschend nach Hong Kong zurück. Es stellt sich Yan – Inspector Wong: heraus, dass er Haus Mordversuch überlebt hat und mit Keung in Thai- Yan catches Wong’s attention because of his ties with the land untergetaucht war. Wong hat ihn aufgespürt und dazu überredet, Kwun family, and his dedication to be a good police officer. als Zeuge gegen Hau auszusagen… Wong knows he is a gifted pawn in the masterplan to tackle the triads. When Yan discovers that Wong is involved in his Das Beziehungsgeflecht father’s murder, he has mixed feelings towards his mentor, Ming – Mary: but decides to stay with the mission until the end. Ming ist seit Jahren in Mary, die Frau seines Bosses, verliebt und sogar Yan – Hau: bereit, sein Leben für sie zu riskieren und Kwun umzubringen. Als er The two are half-brothers, but Yan has always tried to stay ihr seine Liebe gesteht, gibt sie ihm einen Korb. Kurz darauf wird sie away from the family. The only reason why he reconnects Opfer eines Autounfalls. Der Täter begeht Fahrerflucht. Ming ist am with them is to betray them and be the decent cop he has Boden zerstört. Sein Leben nimmt eine entscheidende Wende. always dreamed of being. But the warm family feelings have Ming – Sam: confused him, and Yan even saves Hau’s life once, thus earn- Ming arbeitet seit Jahren unter den Fittichen von Sam, der ihn als ing Hau’s trust and sinking deeper in the moral dilemma. Maulwurf auf die Polizeischule schickt. Mings hervorragende Leistun- Hau – Inspector Wong: gen bei der Polizei gehen ausnahmslos auf Sams Informationen zu- Wong plots against Hau’s father to break up the underworld rück, was Ming quälende Albträume bereitet, als er versucht, vom or- so he can tackle them easily, but his scheme soon backfires ganisierten Verbrechen wegzukommen. because he underestimates the ruthlessness of the new king- Ming – Inspektor Wong: pin Hau. When the collateral damage begins to accumulate, Wong ist Mings Vorgesetzter bei der Polizei. Er hält große Stücke auf Hau and Wong lock horns until one of them goes down. den jungen Polizisten. Hau – Sam: Yan – Inspektor Wong: Sam has remained loyal to the Kwun’s family even after the Yans Verbindung zur Kwun-Familie und die Hingabe, mit der er sich kingpin Kwun has been assassinated. He even helps Hau to bemüht, ein guter Polizist zu sein, erregen Wongs Aufmerksamkeit. Er succumb the four triad bosses. But when Hau finds out that weiß, dass Yan eine wichtige Trumpfkarte in seinem großen Plan ist, Sam’s wife Mary is involved in his father’s murder, he seeks die Triaden in den Griff zu bekommen. Als Yan enfährt, dass Wong in vengeance on both of them. The near-death experience den Mord an seinem Vater verwickelt ist, ist er hin- und hergerissen.
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