The Departed (Two-Disc Special Edition)

You can see why it won all the awards. Amazing Film. Detective Gangster Style. Brilliant Acting, Amazing Photography, Superb Direction. Herrings and Twists and Turns to satisfy a fishing fleet. Violence is the life blood. Great watch - a must see

This 151 min crime, drama, adventure REGION B/2 DVD is one of the best films I have seen for quite a while. For a gangster/undercover film it seemed to have everything, a good story line, action, suspense, drama and more twists and turns than the Swiss Alps road system. The film did include bad language, violence and the odd adult scene but in my opinion was part and parcel of the film. The DVD is a two disc set with disc one the main feature and disc two the bonus feature that includes - additional scenes with introductions by Martin Scorsese - Stranger than fiction: The story of the Boston Mob: The real life gangster behind Jack Nicholson's character - Crossing criminal cultures: How little Italy's crime and violence influence Scorsese's work - Theatrical trailer. Rookie cop Billy Castigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) grew up in crime. That makes him the perfect mole, the man on the inside of the mob run by boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). It's his job to win Costello's trust and help his detective handlers (Mark Wahlberg and Martin Sheen) bring Costello down. Meanwhile SIU officer Colin Sullivan (Matt Daman) has everyone's trust. No one suspects he's Costello's mole.

A great classic. A pity that the dialogue is very difficult to hear. Use subtitles.

I found the beginning of this film a little muddled and it took me about twenty minutes to work out that it was about a police agent infiltrating the criminals and a criminal infiltrating the police, and who the good guys were and who the bad guys were. Once I'd got my bearings, it was entertainment at its best with awesome acting from one of the best casts since the Godfather. Whilst it's invidious to single anyone out, my favourite was Jack Nicholson who managed to change his facial expression with almost every word - at times he bordered on self-parody yet he always managed to convey menace. Leonardo diCaprio's portrayal of a cop under stress was flawless.The ending of the film was somewhat nihilistic, but there was never going to be a happy ending. I loved the final screenshot of a rat running along a parapet - it summed up the whole film in a matter of seconds. Pure genius.

An absolutely entertaining and riveting piece of cinema. Albeit it is not an original story. The original form which this drew inspiration from, is an Asian masterpiece. Nonetheless this is brilliant

Great Film - one of Jack Nicholson's best film even though he was only one of three/four legendary actors in the film - gritty realism and you understand the mental angst of undercover police officers - brilliant - really enjoyable.

Film is amazing with lots of twists and turns I knew nothing going into it. And that made it so much better 10/10 would recommend

Great