THE DEPARTED

I finally got to watch a just-released movie. "The Departed" is a police-mob story directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese(of whom, I ve always been a fan). I watched this movie after a boring class, so this turned out to be a welcome refreshment. It stars Leo Di Caprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg.(A Fabulous Cast). Its a remake of a Hong Kong action flick called "Internal Affairs".

When I first watched this movie with a few friends, It didn't live up to all the hype(moving 66th in IMDB top 250 list). Then I got to watch it all alone, It was then I realised some movies are meant to be seen in solitude.

The whole plot is set in Boston,MA. Colin Sullivan(Matt Damon) is a mole in the Police Dept. who actually works for crime boss, Frank Costello(Jack Nicholson) and Leonardo plays Billy Costigan, a policeman who works undercover as a mole in Costello's gang. When both these people come to know about a mole in their respective sides, But they race against each other to reveal the identity of one another. To add more spice, Without the knowledge of the other,both fall in love to the same girl. The movie is pacy, and is packed with scorsese humour.

Jack Nicholson, once again steals the show with some mature acting and natural Dialogue Delivery. Both Damon and Caprio have thrown in their best effort.This film is comparable to "Goodfellas", another brilliant scorsese flick. Its also as gory as Goodfellas.

Best Movie of the year so far...
Rating : 61/100