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The Departed is a 2006 American epic crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang ; the character Colin Sullivan is based on the corrupt FBI agent John Connolly , while the character Frank Costello is based on Irish-American gangster and crime boss Whitey Bulger .
Rated: 4.5/5 Apr 23, 2024 Full Review Mark Johnson Awards Daily One of the best crime dramas ever made, The Departed is a riveting film capable of being watched repeatedly. The pacing, acting, and ...
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Dec 26, 2023 · Martin Scorsese’s award-winning 2006 movie, a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, culminates in the collision of the plot's parallel storylines. For most of The Departed, characters Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) are deep undercover in the Irish Mob and the Boston State Police force, respectively ...
Colin Sullivan (played by Matt Damon) is a Massachusetts State police detective. He has risen through the ranks to head up a special department. Public Enemy Number 1 is Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), a crime network kingpin, and Sullivan's main target. However, Sullivan is a paid informant for Costello, giving him tip-offs on police raids ...
Two rookie Boston cops are sent deep undercover — one inside the gang of a charismatic Irish mob boss and the other double-crossing his own department. Watch trailers & learn more.
He enlists in the state police after Costello handpicks him so many years before as a promising spy. Leonardo DiCaprio is Billy Costigan, an ace police cadet who is sent undercover by Capt. Queenan ( Martin Sheen) to infiltrate Costello's gang. Both men succeed with their fraudulent identities; Colin rises in the force, and Billy rises in the mob.
The Departed. A long-simmering hostility between the police and an Irish-American gang is primed to explode. The fuse is lit when a gangster infiltrates the police, and a cop goes undercover in the gang. 11,353 IMDb 8.5 2 h 31 min 2006. X-Ray R.
