Amazing, but not Martins best film

Rating: 9/10 (11 March 2013)

He finally wins best director but that was because he deserved it for Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and most definitely Goodfellas. One of the Academys biggest brain farts was robbing Marty of Goodfellas so they give it to him for one of his best films in a decade the Departed.
An all star cast of Whalberg, Sheen, Baldwin, Damon, Nicholson and DiCaprio lead the way through this movie of good and evil.
A mole, or rat in both the police force and mafia, (Damon and DiCaprio) Leo is the good guy who is paranoid and has to resort to pain killers like Oxy to level his head out and Valium to settle down his anxiety.
Damon is a smart kid but grows up in Costello (Nicholsons) mob and becomes a cop, a leader actually who tried to track down the RAT in his unit, who is in fact him so that helps him protect his identity until later in the movie and it backfires.
I could of done without a lot of the ending scenes and the murders and all that but the dialogue, story and acting were all compelling. Good shipping up to boston theme, good story, and I was entertained throughout.
Well deserving of Best Picture.
9 out of 10.
Probably my 4th favourite Scorcese Movie.