The Departed

2006 • 151 minutes

About this movie

Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg star in Martin Scorsese's new crime drama "The Departed." "The Departed" is set in South Boston where the state police force is waging an all-out war to take down the city's top organized crime ring. The key is to end the reign of powerful mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) from the inside. A young rookie, Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate Costello's mob. While Billy is working to gain Costello's trust, another young cop, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) is among a handful of elite officers whose mission is to bring Costello down. But what his superiors don't know is that Colin is working for Costello, keeping the crime boss one step ahead of the police. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operation he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that they have a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin find themselves in constant danger of being caught-and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself. MPAA Rating: R (c) 2006 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.

Ratings and reviews

As other have noted, while this is a very good film, the version sold here is not true widescreen, so the margins appear clipped. You hear someone talking, but see only a part of them at the edge of the screen. You get a close up, which turns out to get a great view of someone's nostrils.. etc. Shame to spend money on this version.

It's a great film and loved it when it came out and thats why i was happy to purchase it! However the poor quality and its 16:9 format with no borders doesn't do it any justice. It doesn't look cinematic more TV drama which is a big shame as the is more to the film on both sides but its cropped so more SD than HD.

Original Hong Kong Masterpiece Infernal Affairs is way better than this.. by far the Directors weakest film..