The Departed: You Must Watch This Movie!

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Myself and Texazz watched the movie yesterday. All I can say is damn! What an incredible movie. Definitely worth all the hype,

The story (I just have to spoil it for you guys ) :

The film began "some years ago" with Jack Nicholson talking a little about 'himself'. Touched a little on the disrespect that the Italian and Irish gangs feel for the niggers in their neighbourhoods. Loved that point where he said: "the niggers don't know that no one hands it to you, you have to take it," (couldn't agree with him more) or something along those lines. That beginning (with all its grainy images which gave it a 70s look, served as the background to show us where Matt Damon's loyalty came from. I think the people who were shot by the sea are Leo di Caprio's uncle and someone else.

The film moves to now, with Damon’s entrance into the Police. Nicholson planted him there to be his 'eyes and ears' in the police. NIcholson also smooths the way for the lad who gets record promotions. Meanwhile we are introduced to Leo di Caprio, a who is hot-tempered youth with a bad family, he also joined the police, but as a sign of wanting to break from the family. Di Caprio is asked by his boss (Martin Sheen, this film had an all star cast!) and Mark Wahlberg to infiltrate Nicholson's outfit. He accepts the offer, and is fired' from the police and spends time in prison. All this is to make him attractive to the mob. When he is released, he immediately starts selling drugs with his idiot cousin to continue his slow infiltration to the mob. After is involved in a fight with some rivals to Nicholson, he is in. NIcholson and another guy toture him to find out if he is a policeman, but he passes the test and they recruit him.

Meanwhile, Damon rises vry fast in the police and soon becomes deputy to Alec Baldwin(!), where he is very connected and able to give NIcholson lots of information. The only information he doesn’t have access to (because of Sheen and Wahlberg) is what his oga wants the most, that is whether or not there is a police informant in the mob. During this time, he meets a psychiatrist who works with both police and thief nd they start going out. Incidentally, the girl has di Caprio as a patient as well. Obviously, she starts feeling something for him too.

Both di Caprio and Damon become torn between their allegiances to either side, and soon things come to a head. Traitors are flushed out and guess what: everyone dies.

Bobs, it was a shock when that bullet entered di Caprio's head. I could watch that film over and over again. Would like to watch it this night again, but school tomorrow, so no show. But trust me, a great film worth all the hype!

I was quite shocked that everyone died at the end of the film, that was a bit unpredictable. They all departed !!

Was that a question or a statement ??

They all died because I guess Martin Scorsese wanted to add a twist to the story line to climax at the end where the good guy (Leonardo Di Caprio), the bad guy (Jack Nickleson) and the "ugly" one (to borrow the cliche) Matt Damon, all die towards the end to create a Shakespearean tragedy interwoven with suspense,violence and a masterpiece in story-telling.

what else do u expect from a producer of scorsese's quality.straight classic.
the man knows so much about the mob.he was a sicilian, plus he grew up in NewYork's Hell's kitchen.

that movie ain't all that.

the begining was good up to when they started killing each other . . one after the other.
Still can't place a finger on how it ended . . is there going to be a continuation or spin off?

That must have been Matt Damon, the guy who was in the Police as an informant for the Mobsters.