Police versus mafia in Boston

Rating: 9/10 (14 May 2007)

For me, The Departed is one of the best movies in the last years. It combines action, suspense, mafia, and traitors. Brilliant performances and directing, along with an original script makes this movie a great continuance of The Godfather and Goodfellas (this time with Irish mafia). Billy Costigan is an poor Irish from Boston, victim from mafia aggression. He decides to become a cop to fight crime, and his first and most important assignment is to pretend he is a criminal. To make the story believable, he even spends time in jail. Back in the city he is sent to get in Costello's (Boston biggest mob boss) crew to finally arrest him. Billy ends getting inside their plans, and some people begin to suspect from him. Exactly the opposite happened to Colin (delinquent departed in the police department). Colin and Billy will finally coincide in one of the best endings in this type of movie