Great stuff

Rating: Null/10 (9 October 2011)

It was nice to see "The Departed" again today after a long absence. Basic plot: Leo D. plays a Massahusets state cop who goes undercover to ferret out murderous mobster Frank Costello (Nicholson with a hairdo crazier than in The Shining). Back at police HQ, Matt Damon as a detective in Costello's pay helps keep Costello one jump ahead of the cops at all times. Damon also is trying to figure out which of Costello's minions is an undercover cop. Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg and Alec Badlwin all have substantial parts in this gritty and very violent crime drama, loosely based on a real gangster of the period (and who has since surfaced after going into hiding decades ago). This is a white knuckle and sometime depressing drama with typical Scorsese flourishes throughout. Which means if you like Scorsese, you'll like this picture.