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Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's masterful 2002 Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going undercover as a mob member and a mob member infiltrating the police force. Scorsese transfers the...
Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's masterful 2002 Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going undercover as a mob member and a mob member infiltrating the police force. Scorsese transfers the action to Boston, positioning Leonardo Di Caprio as undercover cop William Costigan and Matt Damon as undercover mobster Colin Sullivan. While Costigan and Sullivan get into plenty of nail-biting situations that almost reveal their true identities, Scorsese gradually unravels his strong supporting cast, including Jack Nicholson as Sullivan's mob boss, Frank Costello; Ray Winstone as Costello's meat-headed muscle; Mark Wahlberg as a hot-headed police sergeant; and Vera Farmiga as a love interest for both Damon and DiCaprio's characters. THE DEPARTED finds Scorsese generously dipping his toes back into waters that will be warmly familiar to his biggest fans. Rolling Stones songs pepper the soundtrack, recalling the remarkable Jumpin' Jack Flash sequence in MEAN STREETS; bullets and blood punctuate every key scene, bringing TAXI DRIVER's explosive finale to mind; and the mobster-themed storyline is a thrilling return to GOODFELLAS territory. Nicholson and Winstone provide acting master-classes every time they appear, neatly complementing the blossoming talents of DiCaprio, Damon, and Wahlberg, while further veteran support comes in small roles for Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin. Scorsese is often criticized for affording precious little screen time to female characters, and THE DEPARTED won't quell those dissenting voices, although Farmiga's character proves to be more than a match for DiCaprio and Damon's posturings. But Scorsese followers who balked at his diversions into documentary filmmaking (NO DIRECTION HOME) and period epics (THE AVIATOR) will be delighted to find raw male machismo puncturing the screen once again in this frenetic entry into his celebrated oeuvre.

Product Info: The Departed

Quick Glance
Media FormatDVD
GenreDrama
MPAA RatingR (Restricted)
DirectorMartin Scorsese
ActorsLeonardo Dicaprio/ Matt Damon/ Jack Nicholson/ Mark Wahlberg/ Martin Sheen
StudioWarner Home Video

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    Scorsese Cements His Reputation With The Departed

    By Philip  Jun 10, 2007

    Pros: Despite its two and a half hour run time, Scorsese easily keeps the audience's attention.

    Cons: The single disc version has no features whatsoever. If you want the extras, you have to buy that edition.

    Fast paced, ultra violent, profanity laden. All three words are great ways to describe this movie. Yet despite all of that, this is still a good movie. It is especially a great movie for young talent such as co-stars Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo DiCaprio..., and Matt Damon. In placing them with the likes of veteran actors Martin Sheen and Jack Nicholson. It proves why Martin Scorsese is one of the best directors of all time. The chemistry within this cast is beyond obvious. The cast's chemistry, along with the storyline itself makes for a movie that, despite its two and a half hour run time, is worth the length. Much unilke so many other directors, Scorsese is fully capable of keeping the audience's attention throughout the length of this movie. And like so many other movies of its ilk, there are enough twists and turns to make a person dizzy (though the camera work definitely helps do that, too). To his defense though, Scorsese does a wonderful job of wrapping up all of the loose ends, righ to the very end (which is very unexpected in itself). The famous director aside, fans of mob/gangster movies will fully embrace this movie. It is one that could go down in the annals of this genre as one of the best of all time. Read more Less

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    By ALEJANDRO  Jan 21, 2007

    Pros: Great names and very good individual perfomance

    Cons: To much "direct" murdering

    Excellent performance with good theme and intrigating development.Jack, Di Caprio and Vera with extreme results. Actions with mafia & police show the relationship between antagonic objectives but the same solutions for information and conformance. Th...e films come and gows between actions,lies, investigations ,drama and the triangule with the beautiness, sensuality and misused performance of Vera Farming. You must see it and come back. Read more Less

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