Good cast, good movie

Rating: 8/10 (29 April 2007)

Had been waiting to hire this for a while, so was stoked when i dropped into "Video Busters" and saw all but 2 copies were available.
"The Departed" features one of the best assembled cats in recent memory. You've got your Jack Nicholson's, your Matt Damon's, your Leonardo DiCaprio's (who has gone from being a dork in films like Romeo & Juliet and Titanic, to a bona fide action/adventure/drama star), your Mark Wahlberg's and your Alec Baldwin's (in his best role ever). The story revolves around a gangster called Costello (Nicholson), who is untouchable. This isn't helped when Colin (Damon),a man who Costello has been a father figure to, lands a major law enforcement role and will only aid Costello in remaining out of danger. Also joining the force at the same time is Billy (DiCaprio), who lands a deep undercover job and sets out to trap Costello. From here it's a cat and mouse game as Billy tries to find who the rat is while Colin tries to find out who's the cop working for Costello.
Great story, great cast, great direction (Scorcese, who amazingly won his first Academy Award for this, where the direction was a class under "The Aviator" ). Well worth seeing, but not a family flick due to some potty mouth on behalf of pretty much the whole cast and some violent scenes.