Advantages: Everything about it Disadvantages: Complicated in places, Damon a bit bland
...shock, even more so when the original was a stunning film in its own right, spawning two sequels in its native country. The Departed, for those of you that don't know, is based on the Asian film series 'Infernal Affairs'
When I heard that the Americans were going to remake 'Infernal Affairs' I have to admit that I wondered why they were bothering and how they were going to screw it up completely. Discovering that Scorcese was going to direct was ... ...but still I love the original and couldn't get passed the idea that this was going to be a travesty (though not as much as I still expect the American remake of 'Old Boy' to be!)
Still with the addition of a cast to make a movie going fan drool, Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin & Ray Winstone amongst them, you start to assume that the script must be pretty damn good to have attracted them all. ...
Ailran 29.03.2007
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Advantages: great movie,great characters, great acting Disadvantages: A lot of twists,if you answer the door make sure to pause.
...facing a loaded gun what's the difference".
Directed by Martin Scorsese THE DEPARTED is bursting with all the characteristics found in a typical gangster movie.
The movie is set in New York and focuses on the Irish community in the police force and the Irish mob.
It combines a stunning cast, cool script full of bad language and gangster movie quotes, and a deep and twisted plot which gradually unfolds through seasons of violence.
Jack Nicholson, ... ...Ray Winstone are some of the names that make up the top class cast in this movie and the kirisma and quality acting between them really sets the mood and brings this film to life.
William Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a trainee cop that goes undercover in a criminal gang, and Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) is a crocket cop that is a spy working for the Irish crime boss Sullivan (Jack Nickleson).
As the story unfolds suspicion grows by the police ...
seanobolg 18.08.2008
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