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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