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Overall Grade:
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Reviewing a remake
by Edward (
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(Jul 4, 2008)
698 of 1180 people found this review helpful
Many reviews mention that this film is a remake of the Hongkongese "Infernal Affairs," but apparently none of them actually saw the original movie (which is a 3-film epis...
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The Departed is good, but lacking key elements
by FrankC (
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(Jun 13, 2008)
205 of 249 people found this review helpful
After watching The Departed as well as the original Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs, I wanted to share some thoughts on The Departed in relation to the original. - Grea...
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Scorsese Brings His Affairs To Higher Ground
by Eric (
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(Feb 17, 2008)
217 of 330 people found this review helpful
When it comes to remakes, it seems that filmmakers are split into two camps: ones that want to stay 100% faithful to the original (and thus requiring us to ask why make a...
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Watch the ORIGINAL!!
by Yahoo! Movies User (
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(Nov 29, 2007)
111 of 152 people found this review helpful
The Departed is based on a 2002 movie from Hong Kong called 'Infernal Affairs'. Subsequently, Infernal Affairs II and III came out in 2003 to complete the trilogy. I am...
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comparison of the departed with the original
by ALEX (
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(Nov 29, 2007)
67 of 85 people found this review helpful
Two years ago, I borrowed the movie "Infernal Affiars" out of curiousity from one of my chinese friends. I instantly liked the movie after i watched it at home. Although...
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A change from typical hollywood
by Yahoo! Movies User (
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(Feb 17, 2008)
67 of 88 people found this review helpful
Oh the tension, oh the thrill. This movie has everything that an audience member could ask for from a film. What will attract and more importantly satisfy movie-goers i...
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Forget this.. watch the original!!
by Kint (
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(Nov 29, 2007)
65 of 94 people found this review helpful
The Departed is "based" on the superb Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, and I put based in quotes because Scorsese completely mangles the story into a mess. The crux of t...
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The subtle msg
by rick (
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(Mar 2, 2008)
60 of 90 people found this review helpful
Why didn't the Internal Affair rock the American theaters few years ago, while the Departed, with the almost same storyline but replaced all the so-called super stars fro...
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Saw Both Movie,the Hong Kong Trilogy is Better.
by chuck l (
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(Nov 29, 2007)
42 of 55 people found this review helpful
The Hong Kong plot is more complicated, character development was better, and it was more intense. Andy Lau and Tony Leung was awesome duel, intense, strategic and analyt...
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The Departed Not Up To Par As The Original
by Vivian (
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(Nov 29, 2007)
21 of 26 people found this review helpful
For anyone who don't know this already, The Departed is a remake of a Hong Kong box office hit "Infernal Affair" which starred Andy Lau and Tony Leung. If you haven't wa...
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