Film: The Departed
Genre: Action Drama
Release Date: October 6th, 2006
Distributor: Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 2 hrs. 30 min.
Reviews by Dack, Sirus

Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Matt Damon
Jack Nicholson
Mark Wahlberg
Martin Sheen
Ray Winstone
Vera Farmiga
Alec Baldwin

Dack's Review: More style than Goodfellas, and more ghostbusting then Ghostbusters, The Departed is the best crime movie made since..well, Goodfellas.

The Departed stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a police officer who goes undercover in the mob...and Matt Damon as a mobster that goes under cover in the police department. The whole time, both are basically cancelling each other out by supplying tips to there respective parties. They keep trying to figure out who each other are, sometimes resulting in death. Jack Nicholson plays the wacky mob boss who is always trying to protect himself and kill others.

Although the movie is 2 and a half hours long, and mostly dialogue, I never found myself getting bored. They never spend too much time on one sub story, and something new and interesting occurs alot. When there are action scenes, they are action scenes. Gruesome, loud, and big, but what else would you expect from Scorsese?

There are some touching scenes in the movie as well. Such as both Damon, and DiCaprio Being in love with the same girl, and the other one not knowing.

The best part of The Departed is the cast. Whoever cast this movie was a genius. No one in the whole movie gives a bad performance. Damon and DiCaprio really shine throughout the movie, especially with having to fake Boston accents.

The Departed was an amazing movie, so good, it is a serious contender for movie of the year on Marvel-Ous. See it, or Be it.

Dack's Score: 5/5 stars

Sirus's Review: The Departed is a riveting brutal crime drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. Each of these four main actors in the movie do an awesome job making their roles believable. For the first part of the movie, I had a hard time telling DiCaprio and Damon apart. Thankfully, later on they grew a beard on DiCaprio’s character later so I was able to tell them apart finally.

The movie tells the story of a police agency in Boston that is somehow interwoven with the mob. One of the men is a double working for the mob who is infiltrated in the police while another is a double working for the police undercover in the mob. The paths of these two men intertwine throughout the movie as they each try to discover the other’s identity.

The Departed is a movie that is very violent at times and is littered with all sorts of yummy dirty language. The violence and language in the movie are definitely not for children. That being said, adults who are not offended by strong violence or language but rather delight in them will find a great time in this movie and possibly even stuck on the edge of their seat. I highly recommend The Departed to fans of Jack Nicholson or anything crime drama in general.

Sirus's Score: 5/5 stars

Final Score: 5/5 stars