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The Departed (2006)
 
© Warner Bros. (2006)
SFC Reviewer's Opinion:
Not Recommended

Genre
Action / Crime / Thriller
   
Synopsis

A big-budget Hollywood star power remake of the Hong Kong classic crime thriller Infernal Affairs. Two men operate on different sides of the law; one a mole with the Boston State Police department, the other within the Irish mafia. When bloodshed breaks out on the streets, each mole is despatched to discover the other's identity in a race against time...

   
Directed by  
Martin Scorsese
   
Written by  
William Monahan (screenplay); Siu Fai Mak; Felix Chong.
   
Starring  
Leonardo DiCaprio (Billy Costigan); Matt Damon (Colin); Jack Nicholson (Costello); Mark Wahlberg (Dignam); Martin Sheen (Queenan); Ray Winstone (Mr. French); Vera Farmiga (Madolyn); Anthony Anderson (Brown); Alec Baldwin (Ellerby); Kevin Corrigan (Cousin Sean); James Badge Dale (Barrigan); David O'Hara (Fitzy (as David Patrick O'Hara)); Mark Rolston (Delahunt); Robert Wahlberg (Lazio - FBI); Kristen Dalton (Gwen). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
 

Length (mins):
151
Ratings:
R (18)
Language:
ENG*

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* Plus Cantonese
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