Question about the very end...
Does anyone know what he was tapping out in morse code??
share*Sigh*
Ming goes crazy because of his guilty conscience because he was hiding his secret and his role in Yan's death. We see him assume Yan's role in the hospital, when the screen montages from Yan pointing the gun at Ming's head, then Ming taking Yan's place.
Also in the session where Ming and Yan are juxtaposed on the chairs in Dr. Lee's office.
Yes, I know WHY he was tapping at the end, but WHAT was the message he was tapping?
shareOhhhhhh....my mistake.
I read on a site that he was tapping randomly.
oh... Haha. Thanx! Now I can stop wondering. =)
shareTalking about the very end.... When Ming is sitting in the wheelchair, who's the broad standing behind him looking all upset and pointing the gun at him?
shareHave you watched IA II yet?
Ming had a crush on her.
Thanks for the reply. I haven't seen IA II yet. Maybe I should....
shareI have just watched watched it last night and was completely satisfied with the ending. The woman at the end is Sam's wife in Infernal Affairs 2 whom Ming had affection for. She turned him down when he advanced on her and in retaliation set her up to be killed by rival gangsters. In my opionion this showed that Ming was always unhinged mentally.
But anyways if you want to understand the ending you have to pay attention to two things in the films. Every time the movies opened or when the movie closes there is a Buddhist proverb referring to the Continous Hell. The other thing is at the before the movie ends one of the officers explains that Ming has permanent brain damage and he will never recover.
Now the reason why Mary (Sam's wife) shows up at the end with the gun is because when Ming's Mary showed up to tell him about the baby he becomes aware of her presence by saying "You're here?" which means that he has a chance of coming back. But Mary shoots him with the revolver and he returns back to a vegetable like state. Now at the end there is a proverb regarding the Avici Hell(I can't remember exactly what it stated but it ends with no escape).
So in summary Ming has entered a symbolic version of Avici or Continuos Hell which has five sufferings.When he damaged his brain. His punishment is to be forever trapped in his mind which is Uninterrupted Time, meaning there is no rest. Mary's Ghost and probably Yan, SP Wong, Sam and SP Yeung are there with him which is Uninterrupted Space. And with Mary shooting him with her gun at the end is considered Uninterrupted Life meaning that whenever he tries to regain his mind , Mary will always be there making sure he never has a chance to escape and she will continue to do so forever.