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The Departed

I stumbled on this movie on the internet and watched it for free this morning. Of course the quality was uncomparable to cinema screen.

This is the Hollywood's remake of Hong Kong's Infernal Affairs. Directed by Martin Scorsese, a reputable director (he had directed The Aviator, Gangs of NY). The story evolved the battle between the police group and the mafia. Interestingly, each group had placed a mole in opponent group.

Jack Nicholson gave a good acting as mafia's boss. Dicarprio and Damon played the mole and each raced to find and reveal the other mole.

This movie infused the plot from Infernal Affairs (IA) trilogy. You get a bit of fusion from IA2 and IA3 and largely from IA1. The first hour of the movie was quite original. You will know who's the bad good and who's the good guy. The subsequent hour was 90% similar with IA1. Just different backdrop.

Funny scene to note: Business transaction with Chinese mafia. Poor cantonese being spoken. By the way, why Cantonese? Should be Mandarin though.

The plot of the movie was ok, knowing that it is similar with IA. However, the ending was quite shocking. A bit different from the original. Overall, it's enjoyable and you can bet the original IA is still the best. This version was a bit lacking in emotional impact.

What can you learn from this movie? Being duality is difficult. Like in the bible, you can not serve both evil and good. There's only one Lordship.
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Anonymous said…
You watch on broadband, DIVX issit?
Monday, October 23, 2006 11:09:00 PM
HK Jun said…
Nope. From ppstream - China based channel.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:56:00 AM
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