The Departed

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"The Departed" is set in South Boston where the state police force is waging an all-out war to take down the city's top organized crime ring.
  • Starring: Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon
  • Directed by: Martin Scorsese
  • Runtime: 2 hours 32 minutes
  • Release year: 2006
  • Studio: Warner Bros.
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Synopsis: "The Departed" is set in South Boston where the state police force is waging an all-out war to take down the city's top organized crime ring.
Starring: Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon
Supporting actors: Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Runtime: 2 hours 32 minutes
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Release year: 2006
Studio: Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some strong sexual content and drug material
ASIN: B000NGTJTY
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  • US Theatrical Release Date: October 06, 2006
  • MPAA: Rated R for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some strong sexual content and drug material
  • Production Company: Warner Bros., Plan B Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group (IEG), Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia Films
  • USA Box Office: $ 132 Million
  • Worldwide Box Office: $ 277 Million
  • Filming Locations: 12 Farnsworth Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA | Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA | Chinatown, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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“ This was a good movie, with a great twist at the END!!! ” Manji  |  186 reviewers made a similar statement
“ This is one of Scorsese's best films and one that begs to be seen again. ” Grady Harp  |  162 reviewers made a similar statement
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61 of 68 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant remake of "Infernal Affairs" October 13, 2006
By Wayne Klein HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE
It's a tricky business adapting a foreign movie for an American audience. Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" captures all the best elements of the original film "Infernal Affairs" and works traditional Scorsese themes and material into the film making it very much his own and every bit the equal to the Chinese film. Featuring outstanding performances all around perhaps this film will finally earn Scorsese the Oscar for Best Director that he deserved for "Raging Bull" over twenty years ago.

Two state trooper academy graduates one an undercover officer named Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a mole in the department Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) working for crime lord Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson)have opposite goals. Captain Queenan (Martin Sheen) and Sgt. Dignam (Mark Wahlberg) charge Costigan with gathering as much dirt as possible on Sullivan so they can finally take him out. They work up a false history for Costigan which includes a brief stint in prison to create credibility. By comparison Sullivan is a boy scout who rises to the top of his department rapidly working for Ellerby (Alec Baldwin)in a rival department. Both are charged with ferriting out the mole in their respective organizations and both are romancing the same woman (Vera Farmiga) without ever meeting.

It's a brilliantly constructed game of cat and mouse with each playing the respective role at one point in time. Filled with brilliant visuals that echo the themes of the script adapted by William Monahan ("Kingdom of Heaven")from the script by Siu Fai Mak and Felix Chong the film manages to stay true to the elements that worked best in the Chinese film while incorporating elements unique to "The Departed". DiCaprio and Damon give complex, compelling performances as opposite sides of the same coin.... Read more ›
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43 of 49 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A remake? An original? Or both...? February 18, 2007
By R. Gawlitta
Format:DVD
I read some of the other reviews, and I'm frustrated that so many people are finding a problem with Martin Scorcese's sensibilities in adapting a Hong Kong -set thriller to an American venue, using his legendary experience to create a very American "original". I was immensely entertained, baffled at all the intended times, intrigued at the appropriate times, and thoroughly blown away with the remarkable ending. Others have blabbed away plot-points, and I'm glad I didn't read those reviews before I saw the film. There's no doubt that Scorcese is deserving of Oscar recognition, and trying to make comparisons to his other films doesn't fly with me. This was a brutal display of some very mean people, but not as gory as "Goodfellas", not as character driven as "Raging Bull" and not as gritty as "Taxi Driver". It WAS, however, a terrific plot-driven narrative, and Mr. Scorcese should be applauded for taking this very complicated story, where each character is constantly affecting the others, and making it coherent. Nicholson was, indeed, playing a familiar version of Nicholson, so it was a natural choice in casting but no stretch for the great Jack. The 2-disc DVD is fine, with ample interviews with Mr. Scorcese, and other interesting stuff, especially about Bulgar, the guy after which Nicholson's character was based. Very glad I made the investment. BTW: The sextet from "Lucia di Lammermoor" is by Donizetti, not Puccini. UPDATE: 2-26-07: I'm glad it won the Oscar.
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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Ratology December 17, 2006
By H. Schneider
At long last a great movie by Scorese again. After a disappointing Aviator and an impressive but somehow soulless Gangs of New York, this one is entirely satisfactory.
A highly suspenseful cops and gangsters story with the main driver provided by the mutual spy set-up, i.e. both sides having their undercover agents in the opposite camp.
Leo D. and Matt Damon are perfect in their parts as "rats". Of course they represent different species of the rodent. Leo is the good rat, who hides among the baddies and has to pretend to be one of them. You suffer with him and are near a nervous breakdown, just as he. Damon is the smooth and admirable bad rat who seems to his environment like a good solid bloke, but the viewer knows better. Well, also Wahlberg's character does not like him, but he likes no one. This is the Hitchcockian technique of letting the audience know more, which increases suspense dramatically. Imagine the same story, but you don't know who is the bad rat. That would be much less interesting.
Nicholson as the evil gangster boss is possibly slightly overdone, but very well so. A good cast in the cop team includes Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg, the latter being mainly remarkable for his foul mouth and his crucial role in the story's conclusion.
The movie is a remake of an excellent Hongkong movie of a few years ago. Scorsese's version is quite different, but neither better nor worse. Most Hongkong reviewers seem to have decided not to like the new version. Up to them.
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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Scorsese's best since Goodfellas. October 11, 2006
By Steven Adam Renkovish
I just saw Martin Scorsese's new film, The Departed, last night and I have to say - it was excellent! Scorsese is back in top form here, revisiting the mobster genre that he has been known for over the years. I would rank this one up with his classic film - and one of my personal favorites - Goodfellas. It's nice to see Marty swing back to his gritty, ultra-violent self!

First of all, the acting, directing, and just about everything else was state of the art. Jack Nicholson was perfect as Frank Costello, a mob boss who is in charge of the organized crime ring in Boston. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Billy Costigan, an undercover cop who sneaks his way into Costello's gang so he can be an informant for the police department. Meanwhile, Matt Damon plays Colin Sullivan, an informant for Costello's mob who works for the police department, and is on his way to be promoted in the Special Investigations Unit. Both men cross paths, and fall in love with the same woman - a psychologist played by Vera Farmiga from the little-known indie Running Scared. Each man starts to become consumed by their work, and when they are both in danger of being found out, only then do tensions rise, and things get a little out of hand. The performances from the leads are all Oscar-worthy. I never thought that I'd ever say that about Matt Damon. Well, let me back that up. He was quite good in Good Will Hunting and he was great in The Talented Mr. Ripley, and his performance here is no exception. Leonardo DiCaprio gives his best performance here since What's Eating Gilbert Grape. DiCaprio is becoming a fixture in Scorsese's recent films, almost as if he is the director's newfound muse amongst male actors, the last one being Robert DeNiro.... Read more ›
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