Sunday, September 12, 2010

A Compelling Review Of The Departed

By Martin Hebert

The departed is a two thousand six released crime drama and action flick that revolves around the Irish American cartels. The movie is a complex crux of two men who play double agents for their respective bosses; the police and the mafia.

The film plot is very strong and is circling around the concept of human betrayal, greed and intimacy feelings all conjugated under the fight of the law with lawlessness. Normally most of us witness brilliant police officers joining the crime ranks in order to spy on the lawless mongers but this time these mongers prepare a great defense in shape of their spy within the law agency troops.

Billy is a Massachusetts police graduate who plays his generic mafia ties to win trust and respect when he is inducted in the mafia as a double agent for the cops. His background and family cult relation makes him an easy amalgamation within the Irish American mafia and also helps in gaining reliability within the cult sectors. This helps him in knowing what is being planned and he accordingly tips off the police regarding them.

On the other hand Collin is the one who is the mafia guy within the police ranks and is doing the same work that Billy does; but for the criminals. He is as good as Billy and quickly becomes a looked forward to officer is the special investigation unit which helps him in tipping of the mafia of their any plans in sabotaging the crime activities. This character carries a heavy importance in making this flick a hot pick on the box office because most of the conventional mafia and police movies do not show such variance in double agent roles.

As the film progresses, it becomes evident to the mafia and police chiefs that they have black sheeps within their lineups. This is the point where the movie seriously gains some momentum and both the double agents start to unveil the identity of each other in order to stay clean in their records. This is the moment when the human emotions comes in full play and the choices left with both the double agents is either to turn themselves in or to play their mates and colleagues into the shackles of treachery.

The last half of the movie is something worth looking forward too. Although it might not be on the most action filled thrillers but the intensity and depth of the drama is absolutely worth watching. In these scenes Billy and Collin move toward a head to head collision based on the Collins discovery that Billy is actually working for the cops and is about to turn the whole gang in.

Billy is seen going after Collin in order to convince him to leave the gang and use his immunity in order to get a normal life back. This argument and trail ends up with Billy getting shot at by Collin which results in his death.

The departed is a classic action and drama flick that focuses yet again on making truth, honesty, and good deeds as the final winner. There are a lot of moments within this movie that can make you grasp your breath due to the suspense and drama. All in all, it is one of the best flicks ever when we talk about two thousand six releases.

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