Now this is a whole new level 8\10

Rating: 8/10 (22 April 2020)

Scorsese is a genius and a mastermind of cinema, period. "the departed" is a movie that makes you think is a game of cat and mouse. a cop (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a gangster (Matt Damon) are each chasing one another when infact both of them are "rats" in their on organizations. dicaprio is a "rat" in an irish gang trying to arrest them and damon is a "rat" in the police enforcement and each one tries to discover the other, a script like this has never been written, I doubt it if it ever happened before. and it is so well written and perfect that when you see the film first time you are amazed. the actors are fantastic: dicaprio, damon, jack nicholson, martin sheen, alec baldwin... but the only one who stole the show and his acting was the best was mark wahlberg and his punch lines. he absolutely deserved the academy award for best supporting actor. although i'm not quite sure if this is considered one of scorsese's finest films. it is great and spectacular but i don't think it's in the same level as "goodfellas", "taxi driver" or "raging bull". From what I see the movie has it's own level. it's good as it is and perfectly made. great storytelling and wonderful cinematography. "the departed" is defently a rare and unique kind of film and I doubt if we ever see scorsese making something close to it. I can only imagine.