The Departed [Blu-ray]

The Departed [Blu-ray]
by Martin Scorsese

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Actor: Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon
Director: Martin Scorsese
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: DVD-Video
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 151 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video

DVD Reviews of The Departed [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: Add to Your Film Library
Summary: 4 Stars

Classic cop thriller. Fine Blu-ray transfer. The picture and sound are very good. I recommend this dvd very highly.

DVD Review: Definitely a guy movie
Summary: 4 Stars

The story is set in Boston's brutal underworld, where Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) is the all-powerful crime boss. Frank mentored a young man (Matt Damon) through the police academy and now he's both a State Trooper and a member of the mob, while the Staties have their own man (Leonardo DiCaprio) working inside Costello's organization.

This movie is not for the squeamish; there are almost non-stop bloody killings and barely a line of dialogue that is isn't full of profanities. Nicholson chews up the scenery as the ruthless kingpin, wallowing in his magnificent evilness. Unfortunately, I couldn't quite believe Damon and DiCaprio as men who could commit such cruel acts; with their soft babyfaces they looked out of place and when they shared the screen it looked more like a magazine shoot than a shoot out. Leo's bogus attempt at a Boston accent also came up short. All of the mobsters mumble, making them hard to understand, but this is a visual story and a striking one at that.

The movie is intense and thrilling, but definitely only for those who like tough crime dramas.

DVD Review: good movie
Summary: 3 Stars

this was a great movie, but its not the type of movie that i like. thats why it gets only 3 stars.

DVD Review: WTH?!?!?!
Summary: 1 Stars

I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE THIS ITEM!!! WTH?!?!? Horrible service. I ordered 2 other dvd's the same day and I got those maybe a week after I ordered them. Here we are over a month later and STILL NO THE DEPARTED!!! I know I didn't pay much for the dvd, but I DID PAY FOR IT! All I want is what I ordered. The only thing that gets under my skin about this is the fact that out of all 3 dvds I ordered I looked forward to getting this one the most..... GO FIGURE!!

DVD Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars

This is the movie that Gangs of new york was trying to be... a great crime drama

Description of The Departed [Blu-ray]

Rookie cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) grew up in crime. That makes him the perfect mole, the man on the inside of the mob run by boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). It's his job to win Costello's trust and help his detective handlers (Mark Wahlberg and Martin Sheen) bring Costello down. Meanwhile, SIU officer Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) has everyone's trust. No one suspects he's Costello's mole. How these covert lives cross, double-cross and collide is at the ferocious core of the widely acclaimed The Departed. Martin Scorsese directs, guiding a cast for the ages in a visceral tale of crime and consequences. This is searing, can't-look-away filmmaking: like staring into the eyes of a con - or a cop - with a gun.

Martin Scorsese makes a welcome return to the mean streets (of Boston, in this case) with The Departed, hailed by many as Scorsese's best film since Casino. Since this crackling crime thriller is essentially a Scorsese-stamped remake of the acclaimed 2002 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, the film was intensely scrutinized by devoted critics and cinephiles, and while Scorsese's intense filmmaking and all-star cast deserve ample acclaim, The Departed is also worthy of serious re-assessment, especially with regard to what some attentive viewers described as sloppy craftsmanship (!), notably in terms of mismatched shots and jagged continuity. But no matter where you fall on the Scorsese appreciation scale, there's no denying that The Departed is a signature piece of work from one of America's finest directors, designed for maximum impact with a breathtaking series of twists, turns, and violent surprises. It's an intricate cat-and-mouse game, but this time the cat and mouse are both moles: Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) is an ambitious cop on the rise, planted in the Boston police force by criminal kingpin Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a hot-tempered police cadet who's been artificially disgraced and then planted into Costello's crime operation as a seemingly trustworthy soldier. As the multilayered plot unfolds (courtesy of a scorching adaptation by Kingdom of Heaven screenwriter William Monahan), Costigan and Sullivan conduct a volatile search for each other (they're essentially looking for "themselves") while simultaneously wooing the psychiatrist (Vera Farmiga) assigned to treat their crime-driven anxieties.

Such convenient coincidences might sink a lesser film, but The Departed is so electrifying that you barely notice the plot-holes. And while Nicholson's profane swagger is too much "Jack" and not enough "Costello," he's still a joy to watch, especially in a film that's additionally energized by memorable (and frequently hilarious) supporting roles for Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg, and a host of other big-name performers. The Departed also makes clever and plot-dependent use of cell-phones, to the extent that it couldn't exist without them. Powered by Scorsese's trademark use of well-chosen soundtrack songs (from vintage rock to Puccini's operas), The Departed may not be perfect, but it's one helluva ride for moviegoers, proving popular enough to become the biggest box-office hit of Scorsese's commercially rocky career. --Jeff Shannon

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