Deserved the Best Picture Win!

Rating: 9/10 (7 March 2009)

The Departed is an excellent movie.Martin Scorsesse is a great director and he has brought us great films such as Taxi Driver and Goodfellas.This movie is just as good as those ones! The movie is just great. It's 2.5 hours long and never gets boring, the acting is great and has a cast of Leonardo Di Caprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Anthony Anderson among others.The film is based on the 2002 Asian film "Internal Affairs", which I have not seen.The film is about two people.One is a police officer(Di Caprio) who goes undercover as a henchmen for Costello's(Jack Nicholson) crime family, while a friend of Costello's(Matt Damon) joins the police force.The film shows how their lives are affected and you definitely will not expect the ending.Overall an excellent film which I recommend.