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...tell their parents? Fugghedaboutit. Of course the news leaks anyway, and while Angelo comes to grips with his own sexuality, Nino has his image as a t-o-u-g-h heterosexual cop to keep up. Nino and Angelo suffer from a definite lack of sexual chemistry. Angelo is convincing as a young man in constant pursuit of a childhood crush, but as an audience we immediately get the feeling that in bed with Angelo, Nino is always looking over his shoulder to check out ESPN...
...When the original Infernal Affairs came out last December, it took the box office by storm, providing a welcome jolt for Hong Kong's moribund movie industry. The tight, tense cop thriller showcased two of Hong Kong's top actors as a pair of dueling moles: corrupt police inspector Ming (Andy Lau), informing for a criminal gang; and Yan (Tony Leung), an undercover cop who had infiltrated the same triads. Infernal Affairs raised the bar for what a Hong Kong film could be, and its commercial success guaranteed sequels?a slight problem given that most of the cast is killed...
...Like any good sequel, IA2 cranks up the violence and the gore by several notches, and the film's murky visuals are a deliberate counterpoint to the original's silver-skinned crispness. That makes sense?IA2 muddies the moral waters until no one, cop or triad, escapes without some implication in its cycle of violence and death. Who knew that a Hong Kong cop flick could offer such a subtle pleasure as moral complexity...
...task of restoring confidence falls to China's top cop, Public Security Minister Zhou. A prot?g? of former President Jiang Zemin, who remains head of China's army and controls the country's security apparatus, Zhou took office in December and set out to clean up China's dirty cops. One of his first proclamations was to ban officers from drinking alcohol while carrying side arms. More recently, police officials say Zhou sent 10 teams of investigators into the provinces to gather information on what reforms would best improve police behavior and will incorporate his findings into new policies...
...Some of the greatest pressure for change comes not from angry victims of police abuse but from rank-and-file officers, many of whom carry out their duties faithfully under difficult circumstances. A recent year-long internal police study conducted in Shandong province showed that beat cops work an average of 11 hours a day, with only one day off every three weeks. They're often called upon for unlikely duties, such as collecting fines from delinquent taxpayers and from violators of the one-child policy. And to top it off, they're woefully paid: salaries average...