I am one of the 15 % who is not raving how great this film is

Rating: 7/10 (16 February 2007)

I cannot quite believe that over 85 % of all the viewers gave this a rating of 8 or higher,. I must have seen a different print.
My rating of 3 stars,86 points & IMDb grade of 7 means this is a GOOD film,
It is gratuitously violent, with overly excessive use of certain curse words, ,Even though I am 78 years young, I do not have too much objection to violence or cursing, BUT the screenplay carries it way over the top.
THAT DEAR READERS DOES NOT MAKE A GREAT FILM.
The Departed does have a great cast & all give top notch performances, Leo DeCaprio, Jack Nicholson,Matt Damon, Martion Sheen, Alec Baldwin,Mark Wahlburg, & Vern Farninga ( I hope that is the way it is spelled) are first rate actors, A few pf them could even read the Phone book & be great doing so,.
Martin Scorcese directed this in his usual first rat manner, BUT this is not an Oscar winning film or direction. If he wins the Oscar it will be because he has been nominated 7 times & has not one one Oscar.
The balance of the production credits are also first rate.the film is long though & could have been edited sharper,.SPOILER COMING UP
The violent ending,leave only one of the above mentioned cast alive.This movie was based on the first part of the Chinese Trilogy INFERNAL AFFAIRS which I haven't seen yet: so what the do I just do not know.
rating *** out of 4: 86 points out of 100 IMDb 7 out of 10