Not even Nicholson saves this one.

Rating: 5/10 (30 October 2007)

The storyline is quite confusing on paper, but when you watch you can catch on quickly. Basically Costigan (DiCaprio) is not cut out to be a cop so SIU decide to put him as undercover and follow around Costello (Nicholson). Costello's right hand man, Sullivan (Damon), is in SIU as well.
Costello finds out that he's got a rat in his outfit (DiCaprio) and Costigan finds out that SIU has a rat too (Damon). Vera Farmiga plays the shrink that is dating Damon's character but having an affair with DiCaprio's.
The acting - surprisingly good for the most part. They all try to play Boston accents but fail. I think DiCaprio is trying Irish accent but once again, DiCaprio forgets he sucks at accents.
The first two hours of the movie, they build up the confrontation and reveal of the rats. Thirty minutes left and we are about to finally witness Damon and DiCaprio meeting. Oops, never mind! DiCaprio runs.
Damon figures out Nicholson is an FBI Informant and kills him! Don't worry the body count continues. In fact, nearly everyone dies. This guy kills that guy, that guy kills the other guy and then the one last guy you haven't seen for thirty minutes kills the remaining guy.
The last thirty minutes made me question: "why did I watch this?" and "what was the point of this movie?".
You don't write 10 characters and kill every single one of them off at the end. Anyone who said, "yeah, looks good" doubt yourself now. Don't get hooked in by Nicholson's status. There is no comedy - none. The accents get very annoying early on and it tries to be a cop movie but it doesn't really feel like one. Not to mention F bombs average every sentence and it's more than annoying, its unbearable.
Don't rent this, rent something else. I think you'll want your 150 minutes back if you watch this. Luckily, I got the DVD from my uncle so I didn't pay a cent to see this film. Pass on it.