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Differences between The Departed and Infernal Affairs
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* There is a scene with Dicaprio at his dying mother's bedside at her death and an ensuing confrontation with his uncle, which did not take place in the original.
* Mark Wahlberg's character, Staff Sgt. Dignam, has no parallel in the original.
* Morse code plays a large part in the original as a means of communication between the undercover police officer and his handler.
* DiCaprio's character, Billy Costigan, wore a cast because he broke his hand in a convenience store fight. In Infernal Affairs III, it was revealed that Tony Leung's character, Chan Wing Yan, wore a cast on his arm because he was shot a few weeks in the timeline before the start of Infernal Affairs I.
* Jack Nicholson's character, Frank Costello, is not nearly as disturbed and darkly comical in the original.
* The character played by Vera Farmiga in The Departed is two separate characters in the original, one played by Kelly Chen, the other by Sammi Cheng.
* The length of Costigan's time undercover in The Departed was less than two years, whereas in Infernal Affairs he was undercover for ten years.
* Frank Costello was shown to scout only one young boy, Matt Damon's Colin Sullivan at the beginning of the movie. Eric Tsang's Hon Sam character in the original film was depicted in enrolling at least seven candidates into the academy.
* Chan Wing Yan's background was not revealed until Infernal Affairs II and no reference was made to it in Infernal Affairs I.
* Queenan's death was dramatic and suspenseful. Anthony Wong's Superintendent Wong Chi Shing's death was used as a shocker and caused an emotional gun battle.
* In The Departed, two people, Queenan and Dignam, knew of Costigan's identity the entire film. In the original, Wong Chi Shing's was only character knew who he was (the only other person who knew of his identity was deceased shortly after the movie started).
* The first transaction in the movie, selling computer chips to the Chinese, involved buying heroin from Thailand in the original.
* Infernal Affairs III story partially involved the consequences of Chan Wing Yan death several months after Infernal Affairs I. The Departed will all but make this story arc impossible to continue.
* Costello was revealled to be an FBI informant, a trait which did not exist in the original.
* Costigan's smashing of the guy's head at the bar was reminiscent of Chan Wing Yan's scene at the restaurant in Infernal Affairs III.
* Mark Wahlberg's character, Staff Sgt. Dignam, has no parallel in the original.
* Morse code plays a large part in the original as a means of communication between the undercover police officer and his handler.
* DiCaprio's character, Billy Costigan, wore a cast because he broke his hand in a convenience store fight. In Infernal Affairs III, it was revealed that Tony Leung's character, Chan Wing Yan, wore a cast on his arm because he was shot a few weeks in the timeline before the start of Infernal Affairs I.
* Jack Nicholson's character, Frank Costello, is not nearly as disturbed and darkly comical in the original.
* The character played by Vera Farmiga in The Departed is two separate characters in the original, one played by Kelly Chen, the other by Sammi Cheng.
* The length of Costigan's time undercover in The Departed was less than two years, whereas in Infernal Affairs he was undercover for ten years.
* Frank Costello was shown to scout only one young boy, Matt Damon's Colin Sullivan at the beginning of the movie. Eric Tsang's Hon Sam character in the original film was depicted in enrolling at least seven candidates into the academy.
* Chan Wing Yan's background was not revealed until Infernal Affairs II and no reference was made to it in Infernal Affairs I.
* Queenan's death was dramatic and suspenseful. Anthony Wong's Superintendent Wong Chi Shing's death was used as a shocker and caused an emotional gun battle.
* In The Departed, two people, Queenan and Dignam, knew of Costigan's identity the entire film. In the original, Wong Chi Shing's was only character knew who he was (the only other person who knew of his identity was deceased shortly after the movie started).
* The first transaction in the movie, selling computer chips to the Chinese, involved buying heroin from Thailand in the original.
* Infernal Affairs III story partially involved the consequences of Chan Wing Yan death several months after Infernal Affairs I. The Departed will all but make this story arc impossible to continue.
* Costello was revealled to be an FBI informant, a trait which did not exist in the original.
* Costigan's smashing of the guy's head at the bar was reminiscent of Chan Wing Yan's scene at the restaurant in Infernal Affairs III.
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