THE
DEPARTED
With
Leonardo
DiCaprio,
Jack
Nicholson,
Matt
Damon,
Mark
Wahlberg,
Martin
Sheen,
Vera
Farmiga,
Anthony
Anderson,
Alec
Baldwin,
Kevin
Corrigan,
Kristen
Dalton
Directed
by Martin
Scorsese
Set
in Boston,
Massachusetts,
this
convoluted
tale
of cops,
criminals,
betrayal
and
loyalty
focuses
on two
characters
at opposite
ends
of the
law.
Each
infiltrates
the
other’s
territory
and
the
race
is on
to find
the
mole.
The
events
pivot
around
a mob
boss,
played
wonderfully
by Nicholson.
The
fantastic
characters
are
brilliantly
executed
under
Scorsese,
each
scene
always
engaging,
with
moments
of violence
also
baring
his
distinctive
realistic
stamp.
As expected,
the
movie
is not
a mere
90 minutes
- but
to tell
a tale
like
this,
you
can’t
hold
back
on detail.
The
Departed
is based
on the
Hong
Kong
action-thriller
Infernal
Affairs
(Mou
Gaan
Dou,
written
by Siu
Fai
Mak),
and
became
Scorsese’s
first
Oscar™
nod.
Some
of us
believe
his
Taxi
Driver,
Raging
Bull
or Goodfellas
are
more
deserving
of the
accolade
–
but
it doesn’t
matter,
as I
see
it as
an acknowledgement
of his
great
body
of work.
The
double
DVD
set
includes
9 additional
scenes,
a documentary
on the
Boston
mob,
a look
at how
the
Little
Italy
crime
structure
influenced
Scorsese’s
work.
And
alas,
as with
my Goodfellas,
Casino
and
Last
Temptation
Of Christ
DVDs,
again
no Scorsese
commentary!
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