One of the very best films I have ever watched.

Rating: 10/10 (15 February 2007)

At first when they announced that Di Caprio was going to be the lead (or one of the lead) characters in The Departed, I was strongly against it. I hated the guy. I thought his acting was wooden at best and compared him to a poor man's Christian Bale. But after seeing him in this I have to change my view. He is outstanding, as is all of the cast, with exception of perhaps Martin Sheen who I think was perhaps miscast but still does a great job. But that's my only fault. This is Scorsese's masterpiece and I only hope that if they do make a sequel/prequel... that they don't bastardise what is truly a great film. The film has been called a shot-for-shot retelling of Infernal Affairs... but this doesn't begin to describe just how good this film is. Infernal Affairs is an amazing film, but The Departed takes the story to new places and does something that no film in the past five years has done... be re-watchable.