The Departed


Martin Scorsese's latest look at the Irish gangs in America revolves around two young cops. One becomes a mole for the Irish mob, inside the police force. The other becomes a mole for the cops, inside the Mob. After some time, each group realises that they have a mole in their midst, and set about flushing him out. As luck would have it, each mole is assigned to flush the other out. The film has been nominated for numerous awards, and at the time of writing comes in at number 80 on the IMDB's Top 250 list. Sensitive viewers are advised to skip this.

144 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Violence).
Crime, Drama.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Corrigan
Director
Martin Scorsese
ScreenplayWilliam Monahan, based on the 2002 screenplay by Siu Fai Mak, Felix Chong
MusicHoward Shore
CinematographyMichael Ballhaus
EditingThelma Schoonmaker
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2006
Produced byWarner Bros. Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group, Plan B Entertainment, Media Asia Films Ltd.

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreCrime, drama
LanguageStrong, frequent in context
NudityBrief — semi-nudity in sexual context
SexBrief, implied, includes masturbation
ViolenceIntense, fairly sustained, bloody and fairly frequent
PrejudiceMild in context
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsThe violent and graphic scenes will disturb sensitive viewers.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
5
Violence
5
Blood / Gore / Gross
5
Guns / Weapons
5
Profanity
5
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
3
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
3
Frightening / Tense Scenes
4
Jump Scenes
2
Tense Family Scenes
2
Music (Scary/Tense)
2
Music (Inappropriate)
2
Topics to talk about
3


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Ty Burr
15
Die Burger
Jeanne Hugo
20
Cape Times
Kenneth Turan
10
Good Weekend
Kirk Honeycutt
10
iAfrica.com
Nils van der Linden
20
Mail & Guardian
Shaun de Waal
14
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
20
BBC
Jamie Russell
15
Box Office
John P. McCarthy
13
eye Weekly
Jason Anderson
15
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
20
ScreenIt
14

What the People say

Internet
45021 Netizens
17

Average .. 78%

16




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