Guest Blogger: Karshe A2

The Departed is an action based movie where throughout the whole movie there is only one thing in your mind, and that is what is going to happen next. The main characters in the movie are Billy Costigan played by Leonardo Dicaprio, Frank Costello played by Jack Nicholson, Collin Sullivan played by Matt Damon, and Madolyn played by Vira Farmiga. Billy the main protagonist is a very smart young man that really wants to be a cop because his father was a famous cop but had passed away. Billy is so smart that he aced the police exam which is why Captain Quenen gave Billy the job of being undercover cop. Captain Quenen and Sergeant Dignam are the only ones aware of the fact that Billy is an undercover cop. They gave Billy the job to keep an eye on Frank Costello the main antagonist and Boston’s Mob Boss. Leonardo did a great job acting like an undercover cop and Jack did a great job performing as a Mob Boss. Frank was so good at what he did that he had people working for him acting like cops, for example Collin Sullivan the one everyone thought was a hero but really was a rat (traitor) working for Frank Costello. Collin Sullivan’s girlfriend Madolyn was the psychologist of Billy, she started to have hard feelings for Billy. Feelings that were stronger than the ones she had for Collin. What’s interesting about this movie is the fact that cops are against each other and the Mob Boss himself was sort of working for the cops. I agree with the critics this movie really was one of the best ever made. In my opinion this movie had parts where you were really shocked and that is a good aspect of a movie when you don’t see something coming, so I truly believe this movie is worth your time and money and I do promise that you will be satisfied.