Is Infernal Affairs actually good?

Infernal Affairs sits in the 90.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 90.1% of them.

How does Infernal Affairs compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Infernal Affairs lands in the 93.8% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Infernal Affairs's score based on?

197 calibrated reviewers stand behind Infernal Affairs's score.

2002

global pct

90.1

Film · 2002 · Films · 2000s

Infernal Affairs

Name: Infernal Affairs
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2002

Scored from 197 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

90.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

93.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

98.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

197 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A Hong Kong police officer goes undercover in a powerful triad organization while, simultaneously, a triad mole infiltrates the police force and rises through the ranks. As each side realizes there is a traitor in their midst, the two men race to uncover each other's identity before their own cover is blown.

Infernal Affairs (2002) is a film IMDb files under the crime, drama and mystery genres.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 3,997 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 197 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 200 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is Infernal Affairs (2002) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 197
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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