The Departed (2006) - Scorsese

Best Quote: What Freud said about the Irish is: We're the only people who are impervious to psychoanalysis.

Based on the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. Jack Nicholson plays a Boston Mafia Kingpin whose a target of a police undercover investigation. Leo DiCaprio plays the undercover cop, while Mat Damon is policeman on the take. A typical Hollywood crime movie. The production values are high, the acting is excellent, and the cine-photography is gorgeous. But except for a few Jack Nicholson one-liners, the script is mediocre with 4-letter words substituting for interesting dialogue.

The story itself isn't bad, but numerous subplots slow the action and movie is a bloated 151 minutes. After a good start, we lost interest and soon were Fast-forwarding past the tedious "romance" and other dull patches. Add the unlikable characters (even our hero is a whiny bore) and massive plot holes and you have a mediocre movie. Too bad, given the talent involved it could have been great movie. Rating **1/2