Another great from Scorcese

Rating: 9/10 (9 November 2006)

A great movie I thought that picked up pace more towards the end of the film. The acting particularly from Dicaprio was great, in particular the scene where he meets the shrink and the moments he tries convincing Costello that he is not a mole. Jack Nicholson played his character fairly convincingly. Despite not having the same menacing demeanour that Pauli's character portrayed in Goodfellas, Costello did look very much like the 'should be retired' rough and mean looking gangster in his own laid back way. I should have guessed Mark Wahlberg's character was still out there at large. He had a big mouth in the film and played the annoying and to some extent a crooked cop well. I totally did not see the ending coming, the twists in the end did not match my guesses but were a welcome shock in the end. Another great film from Scorcese, although Goodfellas still keeps this one in the shadows.