Movie Review: The Departed

This movie set in Boston, and is about the Irish mob, stars Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio.

Jack Nicholson, is an aging mob boss involved in all sorts of activity, from drugs to smuggling computer chips. Matt Damon is a up and coming detective in the Massachusetts State Police, while doubling as a mole for Nicholson. Leonardo DiCaprio is a street punk, who is recruited by the MSP, to infiltrate Nicholson's gang, and get enough evidence to put Nicholson and his gang behind bars

The movie focuses on the Damon and DiCaprio characters and the troubles they are having masking their identities as moles for their respective organizations, as well as the various police investigators frustrations with not being able to put Nicholson away for good.

It was nice to see Jack in a bad guy role again after his last few comedic movies. This is Jack at this finest. His in your face, loud, and violent mannerisms. I don't think any other actor could have played his part any better. It was one the best Nicholson characters to date.


This movies feature a lot of mob type violence and strong language, so be forewarned if you plan on seeing this. According to IMDB the F-bomb is said 237 times. This movie has a running time of 152 minutes, so that calculates to 1.56 F-bombs per minute. By comparison Scarface, has 207 f-bombs, in a 170 minute movie or an average of 1.2 per minute, and Goodfellas has, 246 in 145 minutes for an average of 1.7 per minute.


I highly recommend this movie. If you enjoy mob/crime movies, then you will really like this movie. I can't wait until it comes out on DVD, I will definitely pick it up.


--gfo