A typical Scorsese film

Rating: 9/10 (9 July 2019)

An adaptation of 2002 Hong-Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, The Departed can be easily helmed as Martin Scorsese's greatest work of all time. The story follows an Irish Mob planting a mole in the Massachussets State police, but the police had already assigned an undercover agent to infiltrate the Mob's crew and it's a matter of time before both of them are on a quest find about each other's identity, before they are found out.
With an excellent screenplay, this Scorsese crime- thriller also delivers some really great performances by Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and not to mention Mark Wahlberg, and it will definitely stay with you for a long time.
Since I had also watched the original Hong-Kong version (Infernal Affairs), the only drawback which I felt was the unnecessary addition of some characters (Colin Sullivan's wife was not really needed), and the abrupt ending, which seemed a bit odd. Otherwise, this might be Scorsesse's greatest works after Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, and GoodFellas.