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Plot. The Departed. Jump to Edit. Summaries. An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston. In this crime-action tour de force, the South Boston state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime.
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Jul 5, 2007 · 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 story's tension, which is considerable, depends on human nature.
The Departed was a remake of the popular Hong Kong film Mou gaan dou (2002; Infernal Affairs). It was the first movie for which Scorsese, one of the industry’s most respected directors, won a best director Oscar. Nicholson’s portrayal of Costello was loosely based on real-life crime boss Whitey Bulger and was often improvised.
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. 11,076 IMDb 8.5 2 h 31 min 2006. X-Ray R. Drama · Suspense · Biting · Intense. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy movie.
Oct 8, 2006 · The plotting is completely artificial, and makes sense only within a context of self-conscious formal play: a junior member of Boston’s Irish mob ( Matt Damon) is assigned by his eccentric godfather ( Jack Nicholson) to infiltrate the ranks of the Massachusetts State Police, at the same time a dutiful police cadet ( Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigne...
Oct 5, 2006 · Overview. To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them. Martin Scorsese.
