
Warner Home Video - Warner Home Video
Release date: 2007-02-13
DVD
Director:Richard Schickel
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen
Atmospheric, Biography, Color, Crime, Crime Thriller, Documentary, Double Life, Drama, Drug Content, Drug Trade, English, Feature, Feature Film-drama, Forceful, Gangster Film, Going Undercover, Graphic Violence, Gritty, Harsh, High Artistic Quality




Here Martin Scorsese does what he does best, at probably the best and most successful film of his career which won him an academy award for best director. The Departed is a signature piece of work from one of America's finest directors, no denying there. Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) is an ambitious cop on the rise, planted in the Boston police force by criminal kingpin Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a police cadet who's been planted into Costello's crime operation as a companion to Costello's firm. As the multilayered plot unfolds soon both Sullivan and Costigan start hunting each other and the movie starts to shine.
The departed has a lot of plot holes but is so entertaining and involving you won't be able to recognise them, followed by a cast consisting of Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg as well as other big names. It is no suprise that the departed proved popular enough to become the biggest box-office hit of Scorsese's career.
...for Martin Scorcese that I feel very sorry for his precocious senility. I can't think of any other explanation (there is no excuse) for mistaking di Caprio for an actor (which is about as ludicrous as mistaking McDos for restaurants). And, since he's persisting in polluting the screens with something whose only merit is he never will be a "Has Been" (since he never was anything in the first place), from now on I will keep clear from Scorcese's movies.
How my ratings work:
5 - I really liked/loved it
4 - I liked it
3 - Could've been better/worth a look
2 - Just didn't live up to the potential
1 - Simply aweful
Was this the movie that Scorsese desearved the best director Oscar for? Some say yes, others say no. Personally I think Raging Bull and Goodfellas are the movies he should've won for. But I'm not gonna complain because the Academy finally recognized Scorsese. After 27 years of being nominated, he finally got the award he desearved. Not that he needed an oscar to prove his worth in the movie world. Scorsese is by far the one of the best directors of any generation. But this movie is still worth a watch. It's a rivetting tale of murder, deceit, and betrayel. Everyone gives it their all. Leonardo Di Caprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Whalberg are all at the top of their game here. I don't really need to go into the plot details, there are plenty of other reviews on here that will do that for you.