Departed...? Left the building more like...

Rating: 3/10 (7 October 2006)

You can include Martin Scorsese in that.
Was looking for greatness tonight in this film and I knew we were in trouble when Ray Winstone opened his mouth. Why hire the guy then give him some odd transatlantic accent? He should be a no nonsense gorblimey Londoner.
And so the film went down the pan. Crap plotting - didn't know or care who was who or doing what to whom. Jack was 2 dimensional like The Joker without the makeup and the rest of it was like a foul-mouthed Ocean's 11.
Michael Mann's Heat was a better two-handed cop flick by miles and I never thought I'd find myself saying that about Martin Scorsese. Two of the greatest films of all time under his belt - need you ask? - Raging Bull and Goodfellas. And now this. Lack of attention to detail and a pursuit of the box office have brought the Master low.
Yes Di Caprio worked for it, but his best ever performance was in Catch Me If You Can. And when will Matt Damon stop swanking around and get back to playing Jason Bourne?
And why oh why the Psycho and Third Man ripoffs? Just to show he can do it?
The rest is silence. Gone. Departed.