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The Departed – Loyalty is a lie … February 22, 2007

Filed under: Film — Kelly Van den Bleeken @ 7:48 pm

Film genius Martin Scorsese sure knows how to entertain a crowd… His latest movie The Departed is an intriguing story of 2 policemen who are both working undercover, one within the maffia-network of Costello (Jack Nicholson) and the other within the Massachusetts State Police. Good cop versus bad cop? Yeah, but it’s more than that, after living this double life for longer than a year, both men (Leonardo Dicaprio and Matt Damon) are confused and caught up in a web of lies in which they are losing their identity. Their second life as ’spies’ tires them out and takes control over their real life. The astonishing acting by Nicholson, Damon, Dicaprio (my teenage hero) and Walhberg, the intriguing plot and the hilarious quotes make this film one to see!

When I was your age they used to say you could become cops or criminals. What I’m saying to you is this… When you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference?” (Frank Costello)

More info on The Departed: http://thedeparted.warnerbros.com/

 

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