The Departed Review

The Departed was a really good movie. It was the first gangster movie that we watched in the class so far and I really enjoyed it. Leonardo Dicaprio and Matt Damon were great choices for the main actors of the movie, although I got confused at times because they looked very similar. The plot of the story was very interesting, but it was confusing for me because I missed the first half of the film. The two gangsters Sullivan and Costigan were both trained to work within the mob and the Massachusetts state police. Sullivan is one of the bad guys working for the mob who snuck his way up to a reputable captain of the police. Costigan is an undercover agent who pretends to be a criminal. Both are searching for the "mole" in Costellos mob, and both are kind of moles. I liked the story but the ending was bad, everyone was shot and killed. Both the main characters were killed, and I was really upset when Costigan was killed because I wanted him to succeed. But no he was killed in the line of duty doing the right thing, and then it got exciting, just as you though Sullivan would get away, he was shot too, and that's how it ended. Overall the movie was very exciting and interesting, and was well deserving of four academy awards.