The Departed - Reaction

The Departed is one of my all-time favorite films. To me, everything about this movie is spot on. Everything from the acting to the dialogue and cinematography is perfectly executed. The emotional impact of ths movie is huge and the ending surprises anyone whose been following along since the beginning. In my opinion, Jack Nickleson steals the performance. He plays a crime lord in Boston named Jack Costello, and as the movie progresses he slowly begins to grow more senial. Other great performances are done by Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon, and Mark Whalberg. The Departed is a modern gangster film that combines strong emotion with great action and a great progressive story that has one of the least traditional endings of a movie in recent memory.