Brilliant, a rightful masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2014)

Lots of people bash The Departed for being a complete rip off of the Hong Kong film 'Internal Affairs' with no credit to its source material but, if you manage to see past that, you will discover a masterpiece which has rightfully earned its place in cinema history. Just as a start, the environment and the characters feel so authentic and real, and each actor delivers a awe inspiring performance, some of their best. Even the actors who had limited screen time (Mark Walberg, Alec Baldwin) completely won over me when they were on screen. Jack Nickolson plays the suspicious, evil and cunning Frank Costello with such authenticity and flare, he and Matt Damon steal the show in this crime epic. Martin Scorsese strikes again with his top notch film making, each scene, each element has meaning and it is his finest work since 'Goodfellas' , as you can see gangster films, is where he in his element, its tense, exhilarating, character driven and every second of this two and a half hour film is worth watching and you will absolutely not regret it. It is one of the most spectacular films ever created and deserves every bit of praise it gets.
10/10