I've been trying to watch some Martin Scorsese movies in anticipation of The Wolf of Wallstreet, and I've already watched Shutter Island which I will review eventually, but I'm going to start with this movie.
Wow! Now I see why critic 1 loves Leonardo Dicaprio. He plays Billy Costigan, an undercover cop in the mafia, trying to arrest Frank Costello(Jack Nicholson). He is being controlled by his handlers Captain Queenan(Martin Sheen) and Seargent Dingam("Marky" Mark Wahlberg). Costello also has a rat in the police named Colin Sullivan(Matt Damon). So yeah this is a star studded movie and all of them deliver incredible performances. I was on the edge of my seat this entire movie because both Sullivan, and Costello were just on the verge of being caught at all times.
Scorsese just has the touch of gold when it comes to making mysteries involving the mafia. The dialogue, acting, cinematography, and story were all incredible. So this movie was pretty much perfect. There was not a single moment in it when I was bored so I would reccomend this movie to anyone who likes mysteries, or even just movies with amazing dialogue. This is not a film for the Transformers crowd (even though it's a guilty pleasure for me(Transformers not The Departed)) 10/10 one of the best, most entertaining movies I've ever watched!
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