The film utilizes a complex structure, intercutting between two distinct timelines to bridge the gaps in the trilogy’s history.
Andy Lau’s Ming is the trilogy’s true protagonist—not Chan, the martyr; not Sam, the gangster; not Yeung, the saint. Ming is us. He is the flawed creature who wants to be good, who has every opportunity to be good, and who chooses, every single day, to be a liar instead. Infernal Affairs III
The rain stops.
(Chen Daoming). This timeline highlights a fleeting moment of brotherhood and shared identity between the men who lived as ghosts in their own lives. The film utilizes a complex structure, intercutting between