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The Departed [Blu-ray]

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Genre Drama
Format Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Widescreen
Contributor Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon, Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson
Initial release date 2007-02-13
Language English
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Undercover. Underhanded. Unrestrained.

In The Departed, two just-graduated officers from the Massachusetts State Police Academy are following opposite sides of the law. Billy Costigan is assigned to work undercover with the Irish mobster Frank Costello in an effort to get enough evidence to arrest him. Costello’s protégé, Officer Colin Sullivan, is the mob’s informant on the force. But when it becomes obvious there’s a traitor on both sides, each “rat” does his best to identify the other before being exposed himself.

Trivia

The Departed is an American remake of the Hong Kong film Internal Affairs.

Budgeted at $90 million, The Departed grossed nearly $290 million worldwide.

This is the only remake of a foreign film to win an Oscar for Best Picture.

One of the main reasons Jack Nicholson joined the production was because he wanted to play the role of a villain again.

This is the first Scorsese film that Jack Nicholson has appeared in.

A Crackling Crime Thriller

  • An all-star cast, directed by the incomparable Martin Scorsese
  • Winner of four Academy awards including Best Picture and Best Director
  • Two and a half hours of engrossing gangster drama
  • Available on DVD and Blu-ray

Meet the Cast

Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio)

An ace police cadet, Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the Irish mob to collect evidence that will convict mob boss Costello.

Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson)

The head of the Irish-American mob in south Boston, Costello plants Sullivan in the Massachusetts State Police as a mole.

Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon)

Sullivan is introduced into the world of organized crime by Irish mob boss Frank Costello. Sullivan is groomed from the beginning to be an informant for the mob.

Staff Sergeant Dignam (Mark Wahlberg)

A loyal and hardworking detective, Dignam is one of the few who knows Costigan is a police informant. When it comes to Sullivan, Dignam thinks he smells a rat.

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Martin Scorsese makes a welcome return to the mean streets (of Boston, in this case) with The Departed, hailed by many as Scorsese's best film since Casino. Since this crackling crime thriller is essentially a Scorsese-stamped remake of the acclaimed 2002 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, the film was intensely scrutinized by devoted critics and cinephiles, and while Scorsese's intense filmmaking and all-star cast deserve ample acclaim, The Departed is also worthy of serious re-assessment, especially with regard to what some attentive viewers described as sloppy craftsmanship (!), notably in terms of mismatched shots and jagged continuity. But no matter where you fall on the Scorsese appreciation scale, there's no denying that The Departed is a signature piece of work from one of America's finest directors, designed for maximum impact with a breathtaking series of twists, turns, and violent surprises. It's an intricate cat-and-mouse game, but this time the cat and mouse are both moles: Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) is an ambitious cop on the rise, planted in the Boston police force by criminal kingpin Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a hot-tempered police cadet who's been artificially disgraced and then planted into Costello's crime operation as a seemingly trustworthy soldier. As the multilayered plot unfolds (courtesy of a scorching adaptation by Kingdom of Heaven screenwriter William Monahan), Costigan and Sullivan conduct a volatile search for each other (they're essentially looking for "themselves") while simultaneously wooing the psychiatrist (Vera Farmiga) assigned to treat their crime-driven anxieties.

Such convenient coincidences might sink a lesser film, but The Departed is so electrifying that you barely notice the plot-holes. And while Nicholson's profane swagger is too much "Jack" and not enough "Costello," he's still a joy to watch, especially in a film that's additionally energized by memorable (and frequently hilarious) supporting roles for Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg, and a host of other big-name performers. The Departed also makes clever and plot-dependent use of cell-phones, to the extent that it couldn't exist without them. Powered by Scorsese's trademark use of well-chosen soundtrack songs (from vintage rock to Puccini's operas), The Departed may not be perfect, but it's one helluva ride for moviegoers, proving popular enough to become the biggest box-office hit of Scorsese's commercially rocky career. --Jeff Shannon

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.40:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.47 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 085391117292
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Martin Scorsese
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 32 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 13, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (PCM), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Studio Distribution Services
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000M5AJQI
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 11,000 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 out of 5
11,000 global ratings
A very enjoyable, 5-star film adapted from its equally good, lesser known Hongkong-made original.
5 Stars
A very enjoyable, 5-star film adapted from its equally good, lesser known Hongkong-made original.
Rewatching this award-winning film 11 years later is still every bit as enjoyable as when I first saw it in cinema in 2006. However the experience I had might be different to many American audiences for I watched and loved its original 4 years before The Departed was made.The Departed is an adaptation from a Hongkong made original film, Infernal Affairs. The storyline, plot twists, characters and in some cases dialogues and scenes were extremely similar between the two films, with the exception of a few changes in The Departed towards the very end of the film - In the original, there were two different endings: Mainland China version ended with the arrest of the "police mole" (the girlfriend reported on him), while in the Hongkong version his true identity remained unrevealed and he continued in the police force after fabricating the report for the incident shown in the elevator scene, however the last scenes showed that he had a constant suffering from a great internal struggle of a confused identity.I have to say I enjoyed both films equally. The Departed is on a darker, bloodier side with more quick-paced action and realism while the Infernal Affair continued some traditions of Hongkong police-triad themed and melodramatic storytelling. The Infernal Affairs' Chinese title, directly translated to "The Never-Ending Paths", refers to the lowest level of hell in Buddhism belief where one is trapped in eternal suffering. However despite the many use of distorted shots of Buddha statues in The Infernal Affairs to echo this theme, I did find the internal struggles of the two main characters weren't portrayed as much or as well as in its later adaptation The Departed. The use of Buddhism motifs, however, did lifted the Infernal Affairs a little above eye-level and as an audience one may in some cases feel empathetic to the sufferings of the characters from another perspective. It is interesting to me to think that many Hongkong and Mainland China's directors were influenced by Martin Scorsese over the past decades, who in turn won his Oscar with this adaptation. I am happy a film of this quality came out of this symbiosis relationship.
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