The Departed is great!!!

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2007)

The Departed is about the Massachusetts State police trying to take down Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) who is head of the Irish Mafia. In the movie police officer Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) is under cover as a police officer for Costello so that he can tell Costello when the state police are close to finding him. Another state police officer named Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is under cover as one of Costello's guys. Costigan is so deep undercover that he spends six months in jail and is made to look like he is kicked off then police force and the only people who know that he is still a police officer are Police officers Queenan and Dignam (Martin Sheen and Mark Wahlberg). The movie is about Costello trying to find the rat on his team and the cops trying to catch Costello and find the rat on their team.
I enjoyed The Departed very much. The movie had a very good story to it and a lot of good action. I bought the DVD without ever seeing the movie before and it was money well spent. This was one of the best movies I have ever sen and it deserves every Academy Award* is is nominated for. Though this movie is not for small children by any stretch of the imagination. In The Departed the "F" word is used almost every other sentence along with many other strong cuss words. This movie also has very strong graphic violence. Two more departed movies are in talks including a sequel and a prequel and Mark Wahlberg has already been approached for the sequel. I am very much anticipating the next two movies. in the Departed series.
*The Departed is Nominated for five Academy Awards including: -BestPicture -Best supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg -Best Director:MartinScorsese -Best Adapted Screenplay (The Departed is a remake of Internal Affairs which is a movie from Hong Kong that was released in 2002 and has two sequels): William Monahan -Best achievement in editing: Thelma Schoonmaker