The Departed (2006)

Gwang's rating: 8.8 / 10.0

Here we go "The Departed"! I feel guilty because this is the second review of Leonardo DiCaprio's movie already(and there are only three reviews so far).  BUT! I thought it was worth discussing this movie for your own benefit. AND! Matt Damon is in this movie as well! What a great movie it was even before I watched it. Some people say 'Don't judge a book by its cover,' but I think sometimes you should when choosing movies.

I love the choices of the movies that Mr. DiCaprio films. His movies always makes me think while watching the movie, and after the movie is over; his choices are not like a typical Hollywood movies that makes you feel guilty after watching them. Anyway, here we go The Departed.

The Departed was a spy movie but not like James Bond 007 series. Two undercover men from opposite sides play their role within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish Mafia. Billy (Leonardo DiCaprio), a undercover cop, tried to be a police but his family record didn't let him be an elite police officer instead be an undercover cop. Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), a undercover from the mafia, works for his boss, Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), who runs the Irish Mafia. As the story goes on, each sides sense the existence of rats in their groups and gets wild to find out the identities of those rats.

Billy (Leonardo DiCaprio, left) and Colin (Matt Damon, right)

From the Titanic to the Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio has never failed to portrait the character that directors wanted him to; and this movie wasn't the exception. Being an intelligent guy with a good morality, Billy suffers throughout the whole movie with a fear of getting caught, and an uncertainty of his future. The movie gets cathartic whenever he escapes from all the traps and questions from Frank Costello with his witty responses and high intelligence. He was a good example that shown how a life would be so much better if I were smart.

 Billy is being asked to answer the questions by Frank Costello

While our good guy, Billy, was getting all the nasty jobs done, Colin was sitting in the police department building and had a cup of coffee. By showing the contradiction in their life, the movie illustrated the irony of our society. Matt Damon certainly portrayed Colin's personality well throughout the movie. And the movie gets so interesting when they knew the existence of each other without knowing who they are.

The fantastic team play made by those actors created one of the best movie in my personal list. If you like a high-pace, thriller movie, this is movie is just for you. I didn't give 10 /10 rate only because of the language used in the movie (I guarantee that you will hear four letter word least hundred times). BUT! The language is what makes this movie so good to describe the emergency of the story.

Go and watch! Have fun!