Good, Entertaining, but NOT Scorsese's Best.

Rating: 6/10 (1 November 2008)

A good movie, entertaining crime thriller, well filmed as are nearly all Scorsese films, but something was missing and I can't say just what.
That said, the performances from Damon, Farmiga, Winstone, and O'hara were superb, while the others (mostly big-name actors) were "OK", not incredibly convincing but good.
I hate to bad-mouth Scorsese, and I DO think this is an enjoyable movie, but I guess I expect more from him. It's ironic that this is his first Oscar win; compare this to Raging Bull or even his remake of Cape Fear (which adds a lot to the original version, as opposed to this remake of Internal Affairs which adds little). This almost seems like a tossed-off quickie of a movie for Scorsese.