Scorsese is back to the genre that he created

Rating: 10/10 (21 May 2007)

Martin Scorsese has to be the best directer out there. He has not made a proper crime film since Casino. The Departed is a classic crime thriller on the streets of Boston thats actually a retelling of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. The Departed is about American/Irish gangster Frank Costello(Jack Nicholson) who has placed Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) in the state Police. However the police are a head of Costello and has placed rookie cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo Dicaprio)as a undercover cop in the mafia. All through the film you are gripped and thrilled by Scorseses classic use of ultra violence. Now the ending of this film is blood soaked with an excellent lift shooting and has enough gore to have gore hounds licking their lips.