The Departed (2006) starring Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin. An undercover cop (DiCaprio) curries favor with a Boston Irish mob kingpin (Nicholson), while a career criminal (Damon) rises through the police ranks. Both sides soon discover there's a mole among them, and most of the dramatic tension in the movie derives from the attempts by both to discover the "rat." Won the Oscar for Best Picture, which I don't think was deserved. The cutting back and forth makes it hard to follow, and the action is hyper-violent. Director Martin Scorsese won for Best Director. Grade: B
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