Overrated, overacted and over done

Rating: 1/10 (16 November 2006)

This film was a waste of some tremendous talent - (remember Mars Attacks?) - with what seems to be a great cast, yet such a poor storyline.
As for being in the top 250!?! The bottom 250 would be more appropriate.
I reckon the reason Martin Scorsese has never won an Oscar is simply that he's never deserved one. As the master of overrated films he should be avoided, The Departed continues this trend.
Gratuitous and often unexplained violence is liberally scattered around the hour too long the film lasts.
Jack Nicholson plays Jack Nicholson,. Ray Winstone plays Ray Winstone,. Leonardo DiCaprio starts OK and then over acts his way into making me laugh almost as much as he appears to be ready to burst into tears.
I cannot understand how this film has been rated so highly by so many, I can only assume that the recent reduction in numbers of bloody and vicious films has brought some sadists out of the woodwork.
Films need a steady storyline, either flowing or twisting, with a little consistency, the Departed doesn't possess this, instead my feeling after seeing the film, added to one of great disappointment, was that the story was made up as the film was being made, and that much of it had been left on the cutting room floor.