Nearly as good as the original

Rating: 6/10 (13 March 2007)

Some people are saying that the Departed is a blatant rip-off of the original 'Infernal Affairs'. I thought the same thing as I was watching it but then I saw that the debt to the HK movie acknowledged in the closing credits. So you really couldn't call it a 'blatant' rip-off. However, the acknowledgement is kind of buried and easy to miss so you would have to say that it is blatantly inadequate considering that The Departed is almost an exact copy. So, shame on you Marty. Even so it is a good movie with Damon and Dicaprio well cast and giving excellent performances. I get the idea of the Wahlberg character but thought he came over as so far over the top as to be ridiculous.