Fantastic film

Rating: 9/10 (6 October 2006)

This movie is spectacular, in almost everything it does. The script is solid, the acting is good, action and suspense is tense. This movie is packed with scenes that will make you go WTF! Everything from Nicholson's over the top psycho mob boss, to Mark Walhberg excessive use of expletives to further his point in the movie.
Previous to this movie I regard Dicaprio as an over actor whose career wouldn't go farther then it has already. He was okay in Gangs of New York, but he was horrid in Titanic and Romeo & Juliet. In this film he plays his part just right. He offers the right amount of tense anxiety, mixed with despair, to puncture a hole in your senses and make you feel for the character, constantly fearing that he will be discovered. Matt Damon plays his part well to, but not as well as Dicaprio. He plays his paranoid undercover mobster role with a sense of panic that fills the viewer with a sense of despise for his character. Nicholson, the main villain plays it just how you would imagine, trust me when I say that is a good thing. He brings his acting to such a point that you think that he is insane. You despise him through the movie but you cannot truly hate him because he brings a charm and sophisticated insanity to his roll others would be hard pressed to do. Wahlberg, Sheen, Baldwin, and Farmiga also do a great job to support the leading cast with each character bringing the right amount of emotion to the screen. But special nods go to Anthony Anderson, who may have just broken out of his lame phase with bad action films (Exit Wounds anyone).
Frankly this film is bound for the Oscars with at least three possible nominations for supporting actor.
Definitely go check this out, you will thank your self for doing this.