A Modern Classic.Understand?

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2012)

Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, Leo DiCaprio and Matt Damon. When these stalwarts converge, then it's either over or forever. Thankfully, it's the latter in this case. Despite being released in 2006, The Departed feels so different, so exclusive, and so distant from all the average been there done it crime dramas. There's nothing too great really about the plot. The suspense isn't very absorbing nor is there an eye popping conclusion. But then that is why you call Martin Scorsese a legend. Because the same screenplay would have resulted into a 7-7.5 flick. But Scorsese's handling of the subject and the script(Monahan truly does a great job) is mind blowing. This crime thriller doesn't seem to belong to this era, but to one when "we were not born and great movies used to grace the screen". On the acting front, Jack Nicholson reminds us yet again of his immense talent(remember The Shining, Chinatown). For me, he certainly stole the show. DiCaprio was awesome as well.. he surpasses Damon at least. Well , this is Scorsese treading the gangster path. What the f u c k do you expect?