The Departed

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The Departed

Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Matt Damon

In South Boston, where the state police force is waging war on organized crime, young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Costello. While Bi...( read more  read more... )lly is quickly gaining Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy--and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.

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  • magnum32004
    January 22, 2008
    magnum32004
    An brillant & violent crime epic with great performances across the board from Leo to Matt to Marky Mark to big Jack Nicholson.
  • sononothing
    December 24, 2009
    sononothing
    Now you have to face facts at some point: Martin Scorsese is at his best when he's doing a gangster picture. We can go back to Mean Streets, through to minimal gangland influences in Raging Bull, jump forward a decade to the great Good Fellas, past Casino, and finally arrive at T...( read more)he Departed. It's funny looking at that list because it almost seems like not having DeNiro in his movie was why he won an Oscar.

    The Departed takes place in Boston, a town that has been on the edge for two hundred years and probably will be for two hundred more. It opens with a flashback of crime boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) working a grocery store and meeting a young Colin Sullivan (played later by Matt Damon). This is where Frank becomes the young Sullivan's mentor, molding him into the perfect tool for a notorious crime boss- a mole inside the police department task force investigating Costello.

    Meanwhile, Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) has just graduated the police academy, attempting to shed the demons of his families past. Due to this past he's asked if he will become and informant working undercover in Costello's crew. Yes, each side has a rat planted in their pantry. Instead of a plot about committing crimes and stopping them, The Departed is actually a film about being a rat, while trying to find a rat and hoping no one busts your ass doing it.

    Based on the Japanese film Infernal Affairs, Scorsese delivers another rich gangster film that doesn't follow the parameters that he himself helped set in his own crime drama film making through the years. Damon and DiCaprio don Boston accents and grow out of the babyface personas they were pigeonholed into. This is a great performance for each of them. Nicholson is Nicholson, crazy as hell and finally jumping from the romantic comedy market into his specialty- crazy son of a bitch market. Of course you have Alec Baldwin, Martin Sheen, and Mark Wahlberg filling out a great cast, but the one guy that gets left out when discussing this film is Ray Winstone as Mr. French. This right hand man of Costello is played with such brutality and intensity by Winston that he should have been nominated for a supporting Oscar over Wahlberg.

    Now this is a Martin Scorsese picture, so it's going to be good and won the Oscar for best picture. But is it better than Taxi Driver? Is it better than Raging Bull? Is it better than Goodfellas? Each of those films were screwed at the Oscars and The Departed seems to be payback for picking the popular schlock of the era of these masterpieces (take a look at what they lost to). The Departed is a great film, but will it be a member of that holy trinity of Marty films? It might, but it will be the younger cousin to those great masterpieces.

    Now don't get me wrong, it's a great movie. Just don't go into it thinking it's his best, because it's not. But Scorsese at his worst is 10x better than most director's best.
  • Galeocerdo
    December 13, 2009
    Galeocerdo
    A terrific powerhouse movie of the highest order, and probably my favorite Scorsese film since Goodfellas. As one should expect from a Scorsese picture, the performances are excellent, but this is Nicholson's show. The blood flows freely, the adrenaline-pumped story works up to a...( read more) mad dash, and the screenplay recognizes the intellectual artists at work; but Nicholson remains the most magnetic aspect of the grand scheme. The film owes him credit for most of its suspense, and much of its character. Its energy and vitality carries it through the entire run time without a faulty moment.
  • irisheyes686
    November 28, 2009
    irisheyes686
    This was better the second time I watched it, but it was a little long. Awesome cast though!
  • SirPant
    September 7, 2009
    SirPant
    The Departed is a great good cop/bad cop thriller. It's not Scorsese's best and its not really Oscar material but well done Marty, its about time you got one! The best things about this film our Nicholson and the brilliant surprise ending. Very entertaining but not a Scorsese cla...( read more)ssic.
  • roromendut
    December 26, 2009
    roromendut
    Film ini tentang seorang mafia (Frank Costello) yang udah ngerekrut orang dari kecil untuk dijadiin mata-mata di kepolisian. Waktu anak ini(Collin Sullivan) udah lulus dari sekolah kepolisian dia ditempatkan di bagian penyidikan yang ditugaskan untuk menyelidiki kasus Costello.

    ...( read more)Tapi dari sisi kepolisian sendiri bukan tidak tahu menahu mengenai hal tersebut, untuk mengetahui siapa informan Costello maka mereka juga menempatkan orang (William Costigan Jr.) untuk menyusup pada gank Costello tersebut.

    Ceritanya cukup menarik karena di awal mereka sama-sama mencari tahu siapa si informan di kepolisian dan siapa informan di mafia. Posisi Sullivan jauh lebih baik dari Costigan, karena Costigan benar-benar seperti orang yang kehilangan identitas. Hanya dua polisi yang mengetahui keadaan mengenai diri dia sebenarnya yaitu Queenan dan Digham, di luar itu dia seperti tidak punya kehidupan sendiri. Kebayang kan, gimana rasanya ga punye kehidupan sosial, ga punya temen ga tau mau cerita ke siapa. Dia cuma dekat sama satu cewe yang ternyata calon istri Sullivan, tapi sama cewe itu pun dia ga cerita apa-apa.

    Ketika Sullivan ngejebak Queenan, posisi Costigan makin terancam. Di saat-saat itulah akhirnya Sullivan berhasil memperdaya Costigan sehingga keberadaan Costigan berhasil dia ketahui. Namun justru ketika di ruangan Sullivan, Costigan mengetahui kedok Sullivan.

    Begitu Sullivan tahu bahwa rahasia dia diketahui Costigan, maka identitas Costigan benar-benar dihapus dari sistem. Hiks sedih banget rasanya kalo ada di posisi Costigan, benar-benar manusia yang ga punya pegangan apa-apa.

    Kebayang ngga sih kalo hidup lo didelete gitu aja dari sistem, lo ga punya temen ga ada lagi orang yang bisa lo ajak ngobrol enak diskusi macem-macem? Tapi asli film ini keren banget.
  • kmlsty
    December 26, 2009
    kmlsty
    i love this movie because the whole time i watched i didn't expect it to end like that, it is brillient!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • nicolea17
    December 25, 2009
    nicolea17
    very intriguing movie... a must-see.
  • Valaryc
    December 24, 2009
    Valaryc
    Outstanding. There is not one complaint I have about this masterpiece that deserved every award it was given. Scorsese crafted a truly magnificent film with the right cast and crew to drive it on the road to success.
  • mcintyre157
    December 24, 2009
    mcintyre157
    Beantown. Dahchestah is calling me... Mattapan, the Lower Mills, when the Baker's factory was still making chocolate and you could smell it in the air
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