The Departed
The Departed
“ Cops or criminals. When you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference? ”
RegionHK / US
Runtime151 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Police and criminals infiltrate one another until identity itself becomes a trap in one of Scorsese's most tightly engineered crime films.”
Storyline
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
DIRECTOR / DirectorTOPIC
Martin Scorsese
KEYWORDS
policeundercoverbostonmassachusettsgangsterirish-americancrime bossfriendsremakemobsterorganized crimemafiaundercover copmolestate policepolice trainingrealtorangrycomplexdrearyaction packedintenseauthoritarianfrightened
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