I need a Martin Scorsese movie. I could put Goodfellas here, but I like “The Departed” better. Not the same movie, but both are in Marty gangster territory. Set in Boston, Leo Decaprio and Matt Damon start in the same direction, in law enforcement, and then diverge. Leo undercover, Damon not. But neither is exactly what they appear on the surface, and they spend the entire movie playing a game of cat and mouse. There is incredible interweaving and double crossing right up until the end. With an amazing cast of characters: Jack Nicholson as famous Whitey Bulger, Vera Farming as the love interest to both Leo and Matt, a hilarious over the top hot-tempered Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin, and Martin Sheen. Matt Damon, the above ground but ultimately corrupt cop, gets away with it until…. Well, you know… Mark Wahlberg was fired from the force, but he’s still around… The film is filled with all of the familiar Martin Scorcese narration and cutting back and forth in time. Just thrilling.
Reflections. By RevBruce. 