The Departed (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Brilliant film !!

You can see why it won all the awards. Amazing Film. Detective Gangster Style. Brilliant Acting, Amazing Photography, Superb Direction. Herrings and Twists and Turns to satisfy a fishing fleet. Violence is the life blood. Great watch - a must see

A great classic. A pity that the dialogue is very difficult to hear. Use subtitles.

I found the beginning of this film a little muddled and it took me about twenty minutes to work out that it was about a police agent infiltrating the criminals and a criminal infiltrating the police, and who the good guys were and who the bad guys were. Once I'd got my bearings, it was entertainment at its best with awesome acting from one of the best casts since the Godfather. Whilst it's invidious to single anyone out, my favourite was Jack Nicholson who managed to change his facial expression with almost every word - at times he bordered on self-parody yet he always managed to convey menace. Leonardo diCaprio's portrayal of a cop under stress was flawless.The ending of the film was somewhat nihilistic, but there was never going to be a happy ending. I loved the final screenshot of a rat running along a parapet - it summed up the whole film in a matter of seconds. Pure genius.

This 151 min crime, drama, adventure REGION B/2 DVD is one of the best films I have seen for quite a while. For a gangster/undercover film it seemed to have everything, a good story line, action, suspense, drama and more twists and turns than the Swiss Alps road system. The film did include bad language, violence and the odd adult scene but in my opinion was part and parcel of the film. The DVD is a two disc set with disc one the main feature and disc two the bonus feature that includes - additional scenes with introductions by Martin Scorsese - Stranger than fiction: The story of the Boston Mob: The real life gangster behind Jack Nicholson's character - Crossing criminal cultures: How little Italy's crime and violence influence Scorsese's work - Theatrical trailer. Rookie cop Billy Castigan (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 Daman) has everyone's trust. No one suspects he's Costello's mole.

An absolutely entertaining and riveting piece of cinema. Albeit it is not an original story. The original form which this drew inspiration from, is an Asian masterpiece. Nonetheless this is brilliant

Great Film - one of Jack Nicholson's best film even though he was only one of three/four legendary actors in the film - gritty realism and you understand the mental angst of undercover police officers - brilliant - really enjoyable.

Leo gives an unbelivable (and un nominated) performace as the beligerant intelligent undercover teenage buzzcut cop, just too sensitive to cope with the two faced role he has to play - and scared whitless by it This is the first Leonardo DiCaprio film that I saw, and I was shocked by the ending sequences. Leo (the hero) is murdered and it is never explained why Dignum never showed up to help Leo. We are left to infer that Brown must have attemped to contact Dignam by going through the corrupt Barrigan, who may even have been told by Costello that Sullivan was in his pay. The final scene where Dignum assasinates Sullivan was surreal and put in as a sop to show that evil does not win. The big unanswered questions are : What was in Leo's letter to the police (or was it to Dignum) - we cannot know if it contained only his suspisions (for Dignum), or info about Leo's evidence stash, and or his plan to arrest Sullivan. Is Maddy's unborn baby Leo's or Sullivans? The love interest factor made the ending even worse. The film realy showed up the Boston Police as a bunch of Key Stone Cops, with the crooks running the show. The way that poor Leo was treated by Dignum was appaling and unprofessional.

Martin Scorsese („Shutter Island“) liefert mit „The Departed „ nicht nur ein hochkarätiges Hollywood-Remake des Hongkong-Klassikers Infernal Affairs ab (welches aber nie mir dem Staraufebot hier mithalten kann), sondern ein eigenständiges Meisterwerk. Der Film aus dem Jahr 2006 verlegt die Handlung in das raue South Boston, wo die irische Mafia unter dem exzentrischen Boss Frank Costello die Straßen beherrscht. Ein doppelter Verrat bildet den Kern der unerträglichen Spannung. Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) ist ein Cop, der Costellos Gang infiltriert. Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) ist Costellos Maulwurf innerhalb der Polizei-Spezialeinheit. Beide versuchen verzweifelt, die Identität des jeweils anderen zu entlarven, bevor ihre eigene Tarnung auffliegt. Hier gibts das ultimative Katz-und-Maus-Spiel zu sehen! Der Cast ist pure Hollywood-Elite: Neben Leo und Matt gibts noch so einige Stars. Jack Nicholson brilliert (wieder einmal) als diabolischer Mafiaboss. Mark Wahlberg stiehlt in seiner Rolle als aggressiver Staff Sergeant Dignam oft die Show und erhielt dafür eine Oscar-Nominierung. Alec Baldwin und Vera Farmiga runden das Ensemble perfekt ab. Während das Original „Internal Affairs“ kühl und präzise ist, pumpt Scorsese in sein Remake eine rohe, aggressive Energie und eine deutlich längere Laufzeit von 151 Minuten, die den Charakteren mehr Tiefe verleiht. Für mich ist „The Departed „ aufgrund der dichten Atmosphäre und der schauspielerischen Wucht sogar das überlegenere Werk. Eigentlich ist de Film sogar ein Meisterwerk und gehört in jede gut sortierte Filmsammlung Mit 4 Oscars (darunter Bester Film und Beste Regie) wurde der Film verdientermaßen belohnt. „The Departed“ ist ein fesselnder, gewalttätiger und psychologisch komplexer Thriller, der bis zur letzten Sekunde hochspannend bleibt. Bild: Das 4K-Upgrade mit HDR10 merzt die Schwächen der alten Blu-ray (die oft matschig und überschärft wirkte) vollständig aus. Scorseses düsteres Boston erstrahlt in einer Klarheit, die den Film wie neu wirken lässt. Dank HDR10 ist der Kontrast deutlich dynamischer. Die Schatten in den Hinterhöfen von Boston sind tief und satt, ohne dass Details im im Dunkeln verloren gehen. Die Durchzeichnung in dunklen Anzügen oder schummrigen Bars ist exzellent. Die HDR-Spitzlichter sind gezielt gesetzt. Reflektionen auf Autodächern, das Gleißen der Sonne, Mündungsfeuer in den Schießereien oder einfach helle bis weiße Flächen haben eine Brillanz, die in der Blu ray Fassung fehlt. Die Farbpalette wirkt nun noch natürlicher. Besonders die gesunden Hautfarben fallen auf: DiCaprio und Damon sehen nicht mehr künstlich gerötet aus, sondern zeigen realistische Texturen und Nuancen. Die oft kühle, blau-grüne Ästhetik des Films bleibt erhalten, wirkt aber organischer. Der Detailzuwachs ist enorm. Poren in den Gesichtern der Schauspieler, die Struktur von Nicholsons Stoffen und das feine Filmkorn des 35mm-Films sind klar erkennbar. Das native 4K-Master bewahrt den cineastischen Look ohne künstliche Nachschärfung. Das UHD -Upgrade lohnt sich definitiv. Ton: In einem Film, der von Lügen und Flüstern lebt, ist die Sprachwiedergabe entscheidend. Der Center-Lautsprecher liefert die messerscharfen, oft vulgären Dialoge von Wahlberg und Nicholson mit beeindruckender Klarheit. Der Ton ist eher frontlastig und bodenständig, nutzt die Surround-Speaker aber effektiv für die Atmosphäre. Das Rauschen des Verkehrs, das Echo in den Lagerhallen oder die bedrückende Stille in den Fahrstuhl-Szenen erzeugen eine greifbare Räumlichkeit. Wenn es knallt, dann richtig. Die Schusswechsel (insbesondere der Showdown) haben einen präzisen, harten Punch. Der Subwoofer bekommt auch was zu tun. Obendrein wurden auch Howard Shores Score und die Songauswahl integriert. Die Musik taucht oft aggressiv in die Szenerie ein und nutzt die gesamte Bandbreite, ohne die Stimmen zu übertönen. Insgesamt gibt es beim Dolby Digital 5.1 Ton keine Änderungen gegenüber der alten Blu Ray. Vielen lieben Dank fürs Durchlesen! :)

Livraison rapide état impeccable

He has made good musicals (New York, New York), surreal comedies (After Hours), satires (The King of Comedy) and biopics (The Aviator), but Martin Scorsese has never done better than the times he's dealt with life on the streets and gangsters. Mean Streets, Goodfellas and Casino (and, to some degree, Taxi Driver) are proof of that. It doesn't seem strange, then, that his finest film in over a decade (Goodfellas was released in 1990) sees him return to that familiar ground. With a few changes. The Departed, based on Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs (2002), is Scorsese's first gangster film not to feature Italian-American criminals. In fact, this film is set in Boston, where the Irish rule. One of these "godfathers" is Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), the man the State Police want the most. After years of investigation, they're finally getting close, thanks to undercover agent Billy Costigan (Leonardo Di Caprio). Because of his family (all Irish, all bad), becoming a member of Costello's crew isn't that difficult. Now all Costigan has to do is report to his superiors, Queenan (Martin Sheen) and Dignam (Mark Wahlberg), who will pass on the information to Ellerby's (Alec Baldwin) Special Investigations Unit. What they don't know is that Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), the most promising element of said unit, has been on Costello's payroll since he was 12. Soon enough, both cops and crooks become aware of the situation, beginning a manhunt that's gonna make the already fragile Billy even more nervous and Costello increasingly crazier. By moving from Hong Kong to Boston, Scorsese and screenwriter William Monahan have made the first step in ensuring this film will be quite different from its Chinese inspiration. Another significant factor is the running time: a mere 97 minutes for Infernal Affairs, 150 for The Departed. This is due to new characters (Dignam and Costello's henchman Mr French, played by Ray Winstone, were missing in the original) and subplots, such as the one concerning Madolyn (Vera Farmiga), a psychiatrist who gets emotionally involved with both of the moles. But the most crucial difference is in the depiction of the underworld: whereas IA was stylish without being excessive, Scorsese's vision comprises very colorful language (some insults are so creative one might expect Joe Pesci to show up) and, of course, buckets of blood, the last part of the movie proving to be particularly shocking. None of the scenes ever reach the gross-out level of Casino's head-in-the-vice scene, but in pure Scorsese tradition it remains unflinchingly violent (also notable is the music, perfectly setting the mood, scene after scene, alongside Thelma Schoonmaker's impeccable editing). Amidst these brutal surroundings, the director handles a spot-on cast: Baldwin, Sheen and Wahlberg (the latter finally back on form) make good use of their little screen time, Damon fine-tunes the edgier side he showed in The Talented Mr Ripley and the Bourne movies, and Nicholson, playing the villain again at last, delivers another OTT but classy turn (original choice Robert De Niro would probably have played the part with more calm and subtlety). A special mention is needed for Di Caprio: working with Scorsese for the third consecutive time, he has finally found a way to shake off his Titanic image, thanks to a vulnerable, gripping (and arguably career-best) performance. With its clever plot, excellent acting and expert direction, The Departed is without doubt the year's best film so far. If this really is going to be his last gangster film (he has said so), as well as his last studio-endorsed picture, Scorsese can be proud, given the masterpiece he has given us.

Such a good movie

潜入捜査の難しさが良く描かれている。 デカプリオがワイルドな潜入捜査官を見事に演じている。 マフィア組織に潜入するが、様々なヤバイ状況をどう乗り切っていくのか？ ドキドキしながら観ました。 個人的に、警察内部にマフィア側の潜入者が送り込まれている設定が良いと思った。 (マフィア側は誰が潜入捜査官なのか？彼を使って探すのに躍起になる展開が面白いと思った) マフィアのボスを演じているジャック・ニコルソンも流石の演技でハマリすぎ。 面白い作品でした。