Don't waste your money!

Rating: 3/10 (29 January 2007)

Wait for the DVD to come out and watch it. This film does not deserve to be nominated for the Oscars. Given the actors are superb and give substance to a rather incomplete plot and there is much intensity in the film but very little 'atmosphere', would have been better as a French or British movie. From the film, the Massachussets state police are incompetent bungling nincompoops who don't completely verify who they employ, promote their officers on a whim and never have backup. Sullivan's orders and counter orders should have alarmed at least one of his colleagues. Do you really believe Costello wouldn't have shot Costigan first and ask questions later when he finds out there is a mole in his gang? Martin Sheen had a gun and he's a policeman, yet he gets hit with the first shot and is dumped out! Frankly there is usually more strength in a Scorsese movie than in this one! Blow me but the director and the screenwriter get nominated??? Are these old debts which are getting repaid? Watch any French Connection, watch Diva, watch Goodfellas and so many more I can think of. Cops and robbers, goodcop/badcop, this movie is Hollywood self indulgence.