The Departed

Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon are freshly appointed State Police fighting organised crime not merely City cops.  One of them will be asked to become an undercover cop, the “rat” in the crime gang. The other works for the police but is tipping off the crime lord, the “mole” in the police force.  Although they are aware of each other the trouble is that they don’t know who they are after. Each has to blow the other’s cover to ensure their own cover is safe.   Jack Nicholson plays the crime lord extremely well this is a role that he probably spends a lot of time getting into character and stays like it for days and Vera Farmiga plays the love interest between the two cops nice choice.  Fast paced action movie high on emotion. There is no complicated plot however it is tense and well thought out.  So apart from the intro’s childish dialogue and the cringeworthy Mark Wahlberg‘s potty mouth this was an excellent maffiosa film from Scorsese and we enjoyed it!  One of my favourite films.

IMDB The Departed 

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Rating 8.6/10

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A Few Good Men

A court room drama with a difference.  Were men just acting on orders or …..

Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Baconand Kiefer Sutherland in a star studded cast.  Nicholson is the Cornel in charge of the Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, he eats his breakfast 300 yards away from trained Cubans who want to blow his head off.  Cruise is the hot shot naval lawyer acting for the two soldiers accused of murder.  Demi Moore is in charge of Internal Affairs and puts herself forward to accompany Cruise to Guantanamo Bay.  Together they make a Team and go after the case, with the full intent of winning.  Kevin Bacon is the Prosecution acting for the Government and he warns Cruise that potentially his Defence could result in his own Court Marshall if he were to follow it through.

Intellectual film limited by the fact that it was played out in the court room after events had happened but having said that Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson are outstanding at pitting their wits against each other.  You swing from side to side – both cases are so reasonable – who is really culpable and all the clues are there for you?

IMDB A Few Good Men

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Rating 7.8/10

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