One of the best action movies ever made is the recently produced movie by Martin Scorsese titled The Departed. You know it has to be a big production when even Jack Nicholson doesn't appear most frequently. In a nut shell, the entire movie's premise is about having inside information, or "a mole" in different organizations. One "mole" in this film is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. DicCaprio is an undercover cop who works his way into a crime family for his assignment. The other insider, ironically, is an informant for that same crime family who has landed a job in the police force played by Matt Damon.
I was first attracted to this movie by not only the array of stars featured in it, but the cynical humor throughout the movie. It's almost a game of cat and mouse. Although neither party knows who the undercover informant is, they both suspect foul play. Scorsese first shows the audience who both characters are, which seems almost seems like to much information to be given at the beginning but the ending makes up for it.
Making $132,310,442 in the box office, you know that it must have some merit as a film. Generally the critics agree. They are first drawn by the Scorsese name, and then become fully engrossed by the film. It is rated as an 8/10 by "top critics" at rottentomatoes.com.
I was first attracted to this movie by not only the array of stars featured in it, but the cynical humor throughout the movie. It's almost a game of cat and mouse. Although neither party knows who the undercover informant is, they both suspect foul play. Scorsese first shows the audience who both characters are, which seems almost seems like to much information to be given at the beginning but the ending makes up for it.
Making $132,310,442 in the box office, you know that it must have some merit as a film. Generally the critics agree. They are first drawn by the Scorsese name, and then become fully engrossed by the film. It is rated as an 8/10 by "top critics" at rottentomatoes.com.
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