I've seen this before

Rating: 7/10 (29 October 2006)

I saw this movie two years ago when I rented it from Blockbuster. Only it wasn't called "The Departed," it was called "Infernal Affairs." you can look it up here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/ - Infernal Affairs was produced in Hong Kong in 2002, and is much more riveting, I think. Change the Triads to the Irish mob, and Hong Kong PD to the Mass. SPD and you have The Departed, literally they are the same movie, right down to the elevator scene at the end. To be fair, the work is not stolen, the same people wrote both scripts, but in my opinion, the original is the best. So, go out and rent Infernal Affairs, and save yourself some money.