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Nov 21 '06
Pros: Cast, script, direction
Cons: Nothing
Summary: For years, the Massachusetts State Police had wanted hard evidence that would take a notorious Boston mobster off the streets. For more time than some state troopers had been alive, Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) had owned the streets of south Boston ... read more
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Sep 08 '09
Pros: Strong lead and supporting performances
Cons: None
Summary: "The Departed" (2006) is a thrilling, totally riviting crime-drama, directed by the award-winning Martin Scorsese, delivering what is undoubtedly his most enthralling film since the masterpiece "Goodfellas" (1990). "The Departed" was based on the Hong ... read more
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Sep 17 '07
Pros: Great plot and cast.
Cons: Slightly bad ending and is a little too long.
Summary: Well Martin Scorsese has done it again. There's some five-star films he's done, like "Taxi Driver", "Casino", and "Goodfellas". Now you can add 2006's "The Departed", a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs", to that list. Here's the ... read more
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Aug 26 '07
Pros: Good (if unbelievable) ending, some suspense along the way.
Cons: Language and gore become pretty tiresome, characters not exactly three-dimensional.
Summary: Back in the 1970s, we all went to see The French Connection, where we learned that, yes, cops can be sleazy, but that was OK because the criminals they chased were even sleazier. By today's standards, The French Connection is as mild as a glass of skim ... read more
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Jul 21 '07
Pros: Everything.
Cons: *Thinks really hard*
Summary: I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me. This is the first line spoken in The Departed by none other than Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello, a fascist, racist and greedy ... read more
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May 14 '07
Pros: Dialog
Acting
Cons: Excessive Profanity
Unnecessary Sexuality
The ending
Summary: The Departed is an odd film about an FBI investigation that takes so many twists and turns, it's ridiculous. So, here's the plot. Costello (Jack Nicholson) is a seriously insane and successful criminal. A nobody kid, named Billy (Leonard DiCaprio), ... read more
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Mar 21 '07
Pros: it's a re-make of a great movie and the plot actually survived
Cons: nothing else did
Summary: The plot of the original movie, Infernal Affairs, has been transplanted whole-sale into the re-make, The Departed, where a young man (Andy Lau Tak Wah/Matt Damon) is groomed by a gangster (Eric Tsang/Jack Nicholson) to become a ... read more
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Mar 17 '07
Pros: directing, acting, storyline, uh...everything.
Cons: none
Summary: By now you know if you have been following my reviews that I was privileged to attend an all day movie event at AMC theaters in which they showed all five of the best picture Oscar nominated films. The Departed was of course one of the films and ... read more
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Mar 06 '07
Pros: Great movie pretty sure you like like this movie if you are into act movies.
Cons: some parts are like the orginal movie which is in chinese but some it isnt.
Summary: Please don't make negative comments like some of the aforementioned people have been doing if you haven't seen the film yet! I have seen it, at a press screening last week. Not only is it the best film of the year so far, it marks a return to form for ... read more
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Nov 19 '06
Pros: Fast pace, Thriller
Cons: Profanity, Direction lacks imagination.
Summary: Introduction When a movie boasts of a star cast consisting of Leonardo Dicaprio, Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon, I just had to sit up and see it. The movie is a remake of a Hongkong crime thriller Infernal Affairs. ... read more
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Nov 13 '06
Pros: The whole movie
Cons: The 2.5 hours is used for maximum benefit
Summary: The Departed is good. Really, really good. It's the kind of stuff good movies are made of: strong direction, top notch production values, excellent performances, etc. The list goes on and on. From the opening shot of old newsreel footage depicting Boston ... read more
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Oct 30 '06
Pros: acting - story - directing
Cons: nada
Summary: "The Departed" gyrates around a legal conflict between the Massachusetts Police Force and an Irish-American mob organization. A mobster affiliate has been chosen to infiltrate the police force, while a rookie police officer has been chosen to infiltrate ... read more
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Oct 26 '06
Pros: Great cast, plot, action, everything
Cons: None!
Summary: The Departed is one hell of a cop movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, and Alec Baldwin, among many others. Director Martin Scorsese cast this movie with a stacked deck, thus ensuring the same kind of ... read more
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Oct 23 '06
Pros: Scorsese and Nicholson team up. Much drama and suspense ensues.
Cons: A couple of slow moments.
Summary: I recall once hearing an old proverb about how in one's efforts to catch a rat, we must make sure we do not become a rat. That theme could be extended to The Departed, the new film from Martin Scorsese. By now, I'm sure most people have already made ... read more
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Oct 21 '06
Pros: Skillful story telling at it's best
Cons: Violent and bloody..not for children of any age
Summary: The other day I had a sweet surprise, my husband called and invited me to join him for a matinee, movie that is, when he decided to take the afternoon off...well, business was slow anyway so it was a perfect excuse to go out on a "date". We both ... read more
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