Both are a little dark, and a study on human's inbred action to seek their ray of light or happiness. Both involve murder(s) and changed of identities.
Both movies share VERY similar plot lines. Both involve two boyhood friends. One grows up to become a cop, the other seems to have had an unknown fate. The cop investigates a series of serial killings throughout the movie and makes a startling discovery about the fate of his boyhood friend.