
Name: The Departed
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson
Rating: 18A
Genre: Action
Synopsis: 'The Departed' is set in South Boston, where the state police
force is waging war on organized crime.
Young undercover cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate
the mob syndicate run by
gangland chief Costello (Jack Nicholson). While Billy is quickly gaining Costello's
confidence, Colin Sullivan
(Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department
as an informer for the
syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit.
Each man becomes deeply
consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans
of the operations
he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police
that there's a mole in
their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed
to the enemy -- and
each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.