Synopsis:
Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the
violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the
basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak’s masterful 2002
Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going
undercover as a mob member and a mob member infiltrating the police
force.
Scorsese transfers the action to Boston, positioning Leonardo
DiCaprio as undercover cop William Costigan and Matt Damon as
undercover mobster Colin Sullivan. While Costigan and Sullivan get into
plenty of nail-biting situations that almost reveal their true
identities, Scorsese gradually unravels his strong supporting cast,
including Jack Nicholson as Sullivan’s mob boss, Frank Costello; Ray
Winstone as Costello’s meat-headed muscle; Mark Wahlberg as a
hot-headed police sergeant; and Vera Farmiga as a love interest for
both Damon and Di Caprio’s characters.
