The Departed

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The Departed
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R,2hrs 31min
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October 6, 2006
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Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: Legendary director Martin Scorsese takes the helm for this tale of questionable loyalties and blurring identities set in the South Boston organized crime scene and inspired by the wildly popular 2002 Hong Kong crime film Infernal Affairs. As the police force attempts to reign in the increasingly powerful Irish mafia, authorities are faced with the prospect of sending in an undercover agent or seeing their already frail grip on the criminal underworld slip even further. Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) ... Full Synopsis
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By John Hartl, Film critic, MSNBC
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"... exciting, preposterous, dazzling, occasionally outrageous — a police thriller with never a slow moment and with plenty of reasons for displaying all that star power." Full Review
Perry Seibert
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The Departed has all the earmarks of a standard undercover cop film. William Monahan's flawless script manages to juggle half a dozen major characters and another half-dozen important minor ones. We get ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Billy Costigan
Colin Sullivan
Frank Costello
Dignan, Sergeant Digman, Sergeant Dignam
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