The Departed
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CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio .... Billy Costigan PLOT: Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities. |
The remake of the 2002 Hong Kong hit film revolves around a rivalry between the Massachusetts police force and an Irish-American gang. A gangster is chosen to infiltrate the police force while a young police officer is chosen to infiltrate the gang. When their paths cross, what will be the result?
Reviews:
"The Departed is directed, in what feels like a fever, by Martin Scorsese and is easily his most entertaining and exhilarating film since his 1991 gangster classic GoodFellas." ~ Detroit Free Press
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"Martin Scorsese won't be winning any Oscars for The Departed. The movie's too hard, too pulpy -- too good." ~ Boston Globe
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"Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" is an instant gangster classic, a gritty, intense and electrifying work from a master who knows this turf better than any director who ever lived. The moment it was over, I wanted to see it again." ~ Chicago Sun-Times
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"The Departed is Martin Scorsese's best film in a decade, but it's more than that, too: This is the most vibrant, exciting and invigorating movie-movie of the year." ~ Miami Herald
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"A deranged sense of humor weaves its way through "The Departed," from outrageous opening scenes introducing the sulfurous crime boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) to its eye-roller of a final shot." ~ Washington Post
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"Loosely based on the 2002 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, Scorsese's latest is his best since 1990's Goodfellas. Two and a half hours race by as this twisting, turning tale blazes its exciting, funny, brutal path." ~ USA Today
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"Martin Scorsese has got his groove back, or most of it, with what is arguably his best picture since GoodFellas: a big, brash, splatteringly violent mob opera starring Jack Nicholson giving it the full Pavarotti, with an outrageous and outrageously enjoyable performance that doesn't so much go over the top as go over the ionosphere." ~ Guardian Unlimited, UK.
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"Every actor is firing on all cylinders: Damon has never been more appealing and conniving, DiCaprio has never been tougher or more layered and Nicholson dazzles as a grinning, snarling Cheshire cat ready to pounce on anyone who looks at him funny. The difference between cop and criminal dissolves in a swarm of surveillance and deception, and Scorsese presides over the whole operation like he's the only one in the world who knows where illusion ends and identity begins." ~ Chicago Tribune
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"...Then there it is: the mule kick of a music cue that takes us back to 1990 and Scorsese's last virtuoso crime spree, ``GoodFellas.'' As the Rolling Stones' ``Gimme Shelter'' erupts from someplace much deeper than even sub-woofers can go, the movie begins to shimmer and shake, and every pulse in the room quickens. He's back." ~ San Jose Mercury News
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"After his velvety detour into high-toned Hollywood biography in The Aviator, it's nice to see Martin Scorsese killing people again..." ~ Philadelphia Daily News
Lies. Betrayal. Sacrifice. How far will you take it?
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Behind the Scenes |
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The Departed Wins Four Academy Awards:Best Picture |