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Déjà Vu (2006)

Déjà Vu is a 2006 American crime action thriller film with elements of science fiction, directed by Tony Scott, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and co-written by Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio.

The film stars Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Bruce Greenwood, Matt Craven, Jim Caviezel, Adam Goldberg. and Paula Patton as the main characters, . Déjà Vu involves ATF agent Douglas Carlin, who travels back in time in attempts to prevent a domestic terrorist attack that takes place in New Orleans and to save Claire Kuchever, with whom he falls in love. Filming took place throughout post-Katrina New Orleans.

The film premiered in New York City on November 20, 2006, and was released broadly in the United States two days later. The film was released to Mexico and Canada by the end of November, and worldwide by the early months of 2007.

It received mixed reviews from critics, and the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes' compiled ratings give the film a below average rating of 55%. While earning $64 million in the United States, the film went on to gross $180 million worldwide; Déjà Vu was the 23rd most successful film worldwide for 2006. The film was nominated for five awards, and won the Golden Reel Award.


Box Office
Déjà Vu premiered in New York City on November 20, 2006, two days before its release to the remainder of the United States and to Canada. Alongside Mexico, the three countries were the sole nations to open the film in November. The United Kingdom opened the film on December 15, 2006, and was followed shortly thereafter by New Zealand on December 22. Australia was the last English-speaking country where the film premiered on January 18, 2007.

The film opened in the #3 spot with $20.5 million in 3,108 theaters, an average of $6,619 per theater. Déjà Vu ran for fourteen weeks, staying in the top ten for its first three weeks. The US domestic box office earnings for the film were $64,038,616, and the total worldwide box office earnings were $180,557,550. These earnings made Déjà Vu the 23rd most successful film of 2006 worldwide.

Awards
Although reviews from critics were mixed, Déjà Vu was nominated for five different awards. The film won one nomination. Déjà Vu was nominated for the Saturn Award in the category "Best Science Fiction Film", but lost to Children of Men;

Paula Patton, who played Claire Kuchever, was nominated for "Best Breakthrough Performance" for the Black Reel Awards, although the award was given to Brandon T. Jackson for his performance in the film Roll Bounce.

Harry Gregson-Williams, the composer of the film's soundtrack, was nominated for the "Film Composer of the Year" division of the World Soundtrack Academy Awards, though Alexandre Desplat of The Queen took the award.

Déjà Vu lost two nominations pertaining to the "Best Fire Stunt" and the "Best Work with a Vehicle", although it won the "International Gold Reel Award", a merit derived from the Nielsen EDI Gold Reel Awards ceremonies.


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Infernal Affairs III (2003)

Infernal Affairs III is a 2003 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak.

It is the third installment in the Infernal Affairs film series, and is both a sequel and a semi-prequel to the original film, as it intercuts events before and after the events in the first film.

Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, and Chapman To reprise their roles again, joined by new cast members Leon Lai and Chen Daoming.

Despite grossing higher than the second film at the box office with HKD 30,225,661 (over HKD 5 million more than Infernal Affairs II), Infernal Affairs III received lower ratings than the former. Channel 4 awarded the film a 3 out of 5 rating. The plot is also seen as confusing due to the constant flashbacks depicting Chan Wing-yan alive.

LoveHKFilm rated the film as pushing beyond its original intentions, leaving more questions than answering them at the end of the run.


While a relatively enjoyable film, it was obviously commercialized, citing scenes where all lead actors are crammed into one room or bringing back characters who were killed in the previous film in order to garner screentime for them. Although Tony Leung won the Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards for his portrayal of Chan Wing-yan in the original Infernal Affairs, Andy Lau was the one who won the Best Actor award at the 41st Golden Horse Awards for his portrayal of Lau Kin-ming in Infernal Affairs III.

There are two cuts of the film: a 107-minute version which was released in Hong Kong theatres, and a 118-minute version, which is the directors' cut. Both are available on DVD. According to LoveHKFilm, the longer version is the superior cut.


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Infernal Affairs (2002)

Infernal Affairs (Traditional Chinese :無間道 ; Cantonese : Mou Gaan Dou ; Mandarin : Wu Jian Dao) is a 2002 Hong Kong crime-thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates the Triads, and a police officer secretly working for the same gang. The Chinese title means "the non-stop path", a reference to Avici, the lowest level of hell in Buddhism. The English title is a word play combining the law enforcement term 'internal affairs' with the adjective Infernal. Due to its commercial and critical success, Infernal Affairs was followed by a prequel, Infernal Affairs II, and a sequel, Infernal Affairs III, both released in 2003.

Pre-release publicity for Infernal Affairs focused on its star-studded cast (Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Kelly Chen and Sammi Cheng), but it later received critical acclaim for its original plot and its concise and swift storytelling style. The film did exceptionally well in Hong Kong, where it was considered "a box office miracle" and heralded as a revival of Hong Kong cinema which at the time was considered to be direly lacking in creativity.


The film features all the members of the popular Hong Kong 'Cantopop' group EO2, playing Triad boss Hom Sam's men. One member of this group has subsequently become a lead actor (Osman Hung).

Miramax Films acquired the United States distribution rights of this film and gave it a limited US theatrical release in 2004.

The Infernal Affairs series was then remade by Martin Scorsese in 2006 as The Departed, starring Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg.

Awards and Nominations

Infernal Affairs did very well at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards, beating the blockbuster Hero for the Best Film award.

22nd Annual Hong Kong Film Awards
* Best Picture
* Best Director – Andrew Lau and Alan Mak
* Best Screenplay – Alan Mak and Felix Chong
* Best Actor – Tony Leung
* Best Supporting Actor – Anthony Wong
* Best Editing – Danny Pang and Pang Ching Hei
* Best Original Film Song – "Infernal Afairs", sung by Andy Lau and Tony Leung
* Nomination – Best Actor (Andy Lau)
* Nomination – Best Supporting Actor (Eric Tsang)
* Nomination – Best Supporting Actor (Chapman To)
* Nomination – Best Cinematography (Andrew Lau, Lai Yiu-Fai)
* Nomination – Best Costume Design (Lee Pik-Kwan)
* Nomination – Best Action Design (Dion Lam Dik-On)
* Nomination – Best Original Score (Chan Kwong Wing)
* Nomination – Best Sound Effects (Kinson Tsang King-Cheung)
* Nomination – Best Visual Effects

9th Annual Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
* Recommended Film
* Best Actor (Anthony Wong)

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