Wow

Rating: 10/10 (11 October 2006)

The Departed is one of those movies that leaves so many points in the movie as a logical closure point but then punches you in the face and says "NO! I AM NOT DONE YET!" I am not trying to give the idea that it is long and drawn out just for times sake, because it is not. Each of what seems to be a logical closure point sets up for something that just adds to the experience that Scorsese is trying to fabricate. And it works, good Lord does it work. Scorsese creates an experience that hooks the viewer into a world that is so intricate and well thought out, that everything else during those 2 1/2 hours in that person's life are secondary. Thank you Martin Scorsese, thank you.