Product Description

Leonardo DiCaprio, Alec Baldwin, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Matt Damon, Jack NicholsonDirector: Martin Scorsese

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3172 in DVD
• Brand: Blu-ray Thriller
• Released on: 2007-08-13
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 145 minutes

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.

Customer Reviews

The Bluparted
Picture quality is fantastic - definitely worth upgrading from DVD. Jack Nicholson's wrinkles have never looked finer.

Special Features are:
- Additional Scenes With Introductions By Martin Scorsese.
- Stranger Than Fiction: The Story Of The Boston Mob.
- Crossing Criminal Cultures: How Little Italy's Crime And Violence Influence Scorsese's Work.
- Theatrical Trailer.

Other Information:
- English Subtitles: Feature Only.
- DTS 5.1 HD Master Audio.
- Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo.

One of my favourite movies ever
'The Departed' stars Jack Nicholson as Francis "Frank" Costello, an Irish mob boss in Boston. The police are trying to build a case up against him and plant an undercover cop, William Costigan Jr (Leonardo DiCaprio) into his team to give them tip-offs on his actions and whereabouts. Frank has also got an informant in the police named Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), who gives them tips on what the police are up to and diverts their actions from catching Frank. When both sides of the law realize the situation, Costigan and Sullivan attempt to discover the other's true identity before being found out themselves.

This is without a doubt one of my favorite films of all time. Scorsese is one of the best directors ever with such classics as Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York, Cape Fear, Raging Bull and Taxi Driver (I could go on) but The Departed is definitely the best he has ever directed. The story is so tight and extremely tense with some real edge-of-your-seat moments, especially when each side realises there is a rat on the teams. It's also very fast paced and for a two and a half hour film it doesn't get slow or boring for a second as there are just so many great characters and so much going on.

There's also so many top actors in this film as well with the likes of Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Ray Wintston and Anthony Anderson all of which give possibly their best performances of their careers.

The Blu Ray quality is one of the best I've ever seen and highly recommend paying the bit extra to watch it in HD as it looks so much better than on the upscaled DVD version.

Overall this is one of the best films ever and would definitely be in my top 10 films of all time. It's the kind of film I could watch and then at the end watch it again as it is just so good. This is one film that is at the highest standard for everything - story, acting, direction, sound, picture and is just an absolute 10/10 masterpiece.

Kick ass!
This is such an ace movie that really sucks you in. I've watched alot of good movies and this is one of the best. The actors portray their charcters really well and the plot is so good. You're kept at the edge of your seat thinking is he going to get clipped. Anyone who likes the Godfather, Goodfellas, Casino etc will love this film.