Good start, Great acting, Mediocre progression, Massive letdown!

Rating: 6/10 (19 June 2007)

I started to watch this with great expectations, considering a MS movie & I'm generally a fan of Mafia/Crime drama movies - I'm sort of disappointed with the way story progressed. Movie starts out great, with a star-studded cast and a nicely spun story around each character - I don't understand why they had to use the 'F' word so many times - dilutes the experience & strength of the excellent cast - you see, these are great actors (DiCaprio, Damon, Wahlberg & Nicholson) and they don't need some silly vulgar vocabulary to provide impact to their character ... There were many times that the 'moles' on each side come close to being identified, but manage to workaround - this part definitely was entertaining, but the movie kept dragging on and on - I cant think of a Dumber ending for the show - Its almost as if MS & the writers stopped thinking towards the end of the movie ... Everybody ends up dead by the end of the movie - what the heck? Can't you think of a more meaningful ending!? I'm not saying that the good guy must win, but probably a monkey could've come up with a better twist.
Massively overrated movie - Watch it for the great, albeit wasted, performances of some of the talented actors.