The Infernal Affairs Trilogy/Trivia

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • The title and the epigrams at the beginnings and ends of the films suggest that Hong Kong is Buddhist Hell and all the characters' lives suck because they're being punished for the sins of their past lives. Or they metaphorically evoke the hells that Yan and Lau are living in as a result of their undercover rules.