Overview
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
This movie wasn’t near what it could have been with this cast and an excellent script. I’m a fan of Mark Wahlberg but he was positively outclassed in this movie And what was up with the hair? Anyway, this is another example of a movie that lost its way in the second half after a strong first half. It is amazing that Scorsese won awards for this movie and not five or six others. Still, worth a look.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews The Departed
Movie title: The Departed
Movie description: To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
Date published: 2007-11-23
Director(s): Martin Scorsese
Actor(s): Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Corrigan, James Badge Dale, David O'Hara, Robert Wahlberg, Kristen Dalton, Thomas B. Duffy, Richard Hughes, Chance Kelly, Larry Mitchell, Mark Rolston, J.C. MacKenzie, Mary Klug, Robert 'Toshi' Kar Yuen Chan, Peg Holzemer, Gurdeep Singh, Armen Garo, John Cenatiempo, Brian Smyj, William Severs, Douglas Crosby, Dorothy Lyman, Audrie Neenan, Conor Donovan, Patrick Coppola, Mick O'Rourke, Nellie Sciutto, Henry Yuk, John Rue, Joseph P. Reidy, John Farrer, Billy Smith, Brian Haley, Terry Serpico, Jay Giannone, David Conley, Tracey Paleo, Jill Brown, Tom Kemp, Kevin P. McCarthy, Chris Fischer, Joseph Riccobene, Johnny Cicco, Lyman Chen, Shay Duffin, David Fischer, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Craig Castaldo, Francesca Scorsese, Dennis Lynch, Michael Byron, Takumi Bando, Eric Bruno Borgman, David Boston, Brendan Burke, Chris Chinn, Jeffrey Corazzini, Jim Ford, Trudi Goodman, Steve Lord, Jack McCullough, Osmani Rodriguez, Lawrence Cameron Steele, Conor Timmis, Joseph Oliveira, Adam Masnyk, John Franchi, Paul McGillicuddy
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
My Review
This movie wasn’t near what it could have been with this cast and an excellent script. I’m a fan of Mark Wahlberg but he was positively outclassed in this movie And what was up with the hair? Anyway, this is another example of a movie that lost its way in the second half after a strong first half. It is amazing that Scorsese won awards for this movie and not five or six others. Still, worth a look.
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