Captivating!

Rating: 9/10 (29 March 2012)

The Departed contained great dialog, cinematography, and lighting as well as fantastic editing by Thelma Schoonmaker. Not as long as Gangs of New York (2002) but it still contains the action and clever plot twists and general excitement found in most Scorsese pictures.
The Departed is authentic, captivating and heart felt. At the time, I predicted Globe and Oscar nominations for Mark, Matt, and Lenonardo. Martin Scorsese's brilliant mind as a director shows up in this work of art, and I rate this film 9 out of 10, a superb masterpiece of "Crime Art" as i call it. Better than Casino (1995).
The film kept the entire audience intrigued and amazed at the hard depiction of corrupt Boston police, and an eye opener to modern Irish gangs. A grand remake of a Hong Kong film called "Wu Jian Dao". The Departed is fantastic.