senility contest between Nicholson and Scorcese

Rating: 2/10 (8 January 2010)

What a boring piece of ...
This is the movie Scorcese shouldn't have made. He is just ranting around, doing what he has already done thousands of times before, but this time without and style or talent.
You might like this one if you're not familiar with his previous work, or if you hadn't watched Infernal Affairs before... but if you did, i'm afraid you cannot find anything to save this unnecessary remake.
The worst thing is that Scorcese completely misses the point of the original movie. It even looks like he didn't understand it. Important parts are strangely removed while unnecessary long, boring and ridiculous scenes are added. And the scenes you can find in the original are just soullessly duplicated here.
None of the actors are on par with their HK counterparts, but it may not be only their fault. Where IA displays subtle characters, The Departed has only gross caricatures to offer...
I think the only good thing in this movie is that people unaccustomed to HK cinema may want to know what the original looks like, and thus discover great actors, especially Leung Chiuwai and Wong Chausang, and a brisk, neat and efficient movie.
One last thing : Nicholson is definitely a buffoon