Not a bad performance in the bunch.

Rating: 10/10 (14 February 2007)

Can we give Scorsese the Oscar NOW PLEASE? The best scene has to be the one where Nicholson grills DiCaprio in the bar after starting off with "I smell a rat". It's the greatest butt puckering movie moment since Pesci's "funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you?" Oh yeah, that was Scorcese's, too. After disliking Matt Damon's performances in every movie since "Good Will Hunting", I have to say that he did a great job here, particularly on the long pauses before dialogue. It was those shots where you can watch people calculating things in their minds that makes this movie truly powerful. Mark Wahlberg stole the show every time the camera was one him. Even the old war horses Sheen and Baldwin were believable as too tough cops. Kristen Dalton was perfect as the gangster gal, how come we haven't seen more of this beauty in other 'A' films? I have to get the DVD.