worthy of ALL its awards.

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2007)

Let start this review of by saying that I am by no means a big Oscar lover or fan of the glitzy-glitz award shows and ceremonies but having just seen The Deaprted, its hard not over look this movie and not give it the awards it was nominated for. When I read that Martin Scorsese was going to take up the task of doing an American take on the Hong Kong smash hit Infernal Affairs , it did raise eye brows as yet Hollywood's take on the Grudge ans Ring were well ...crap to be honest and I can't really see a remake of The Eye being all that either but having said that I was completely shocked and mesmerised by Scorcese and I would say that this is probably his best film to date (taking over Taxi Driver and Cape Fear by miles). Not your average cops and robbers thriller, The Departed takes place in Boston with Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello who is head of the Irish Mafia who has sent his best knight in shinning armour into the State Police with the task of rising above the ranks and slowly take control of the force . Whilst on the other hand the state police send an undercover mole to infiltrate the mafia , from there on it becomes a game of who is screwing who ? The acting of the movie was nothing short of superb Nicolson, DiCaprio, Damon , Sheen, Baldwin and Walhberg ALL shinned but I think kudos should go Dicaprio for his stand out performance (he might be a worthy advisory for Jhonney Depp ). The script and pace of the movie was sharp and quick with equal wit and attitude , my only complaint was that it ended a little to quickly for me. To conclude The Deaprted shows just what quality film making is , and also shows the true shine of a director like Martin Scoresese although I have yet to check out Infernal Affairs , I can quite comfortably say that it does stand out on its own . A true masterpiece worthy of its Oscars.
THE DEPARTED : 8.8 OUT 10
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