Johnny Sal Approved! Amazing Film

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2006)

The Departed is an Amazing Film. I found the film contained good dialog, shot composition, and lighting as well as fantastic editing by Thelma Schoonmaker. Not as long as Gangs of New York (2002) but it still contains the action and clever plot twists and general excitement found in most Scorsese pictures.
The Departed is authentic, captivating and heart felt. I predict Globe and Oscar nominations for Mark, Matt, and Lenonardo. Martin Scorsese's brilliant mind as a director shows up in this work of art and he better get the Best Director Oscar. He has worked for too long and too hard his entire career and has yet to receive one. Possibly best supporting actor for Alec Baldwin, or Martin Sheen. I rate this film 10 out of 10, a superb masterpiece of "Crime Art" as i call it. Better than Casino (1995).
The film kept the entire audience intrigued and amazed at the hard depiction of corrupt Boston police, and an eye opener to modern Irish gangs. A grand remake of a Hong Kong film called "Wu Jian Dao". The Departed is fantastic.