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Overall Grade: C+
Story: C+
Acting: B-
Direction: C
Visuals: B-
Reviewing a remake
by abinstein (movies profile) (Jul 4, 2008)
697 of 1178 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... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A
Can you say OSCAR? Jack is definitely back!
by agentn2000 (movies profile) (Jun 30, 2008)
288 of 391 people found this review helpful
I attended a packed sneak preview on 9/28/2006. Don't let anyone tell you about this movie...go see it before anyone wrecks it for you. This is the must see movie this... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B+
Acting: A-
Direction: B
Visuals: A-
The Departed is good, but lacking key elements
by tastyjuju (movies profile) (Jun 13, 2008)
203 of 247 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... Full Review

Overall Grade: A-
Story: B+
Acting: A-
Direction: B
Visuals: A-
Spy vs. Spy like Gangster Film
by dabenz24 (movies profile) (Nov 29, 2007)
226 of 324 people found this review helpful
Martin Scorsese is brilliant with this action, crime, and gangster film. I didn  

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
Scorsese Brings His Affairs To Higher Ground
by erico_77375 (movies profile) (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... Full Review

Overall Grade: C+
Story: A
Acting: B
Direction: C+
Visuals: B-
Watch the ORIGINAL!!
by henryhfung (movies profile) (Nov 29, 2007)
110 of 151 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... Full Review

Overall Grade: B-
Story: A
Acting: B
Direction: C-
Visuals: D+
comparison of the departed with the original
by palexander456 (movies profile) (Nov 29, 2007)
65 of 83 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... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: B+
Acting: B+
Direction: B
Visuals: B
A change from typical hollywood
by hellokitty92122 (movies profile) (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... Full Review

Overall Grade: C-
Story: D
Acting: B
Direction: C
Visuals: A
Forget this.. watch the original!!
by rwdvega (movies profile) (Nov 29, 2007)
64 of 93 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... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: D
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
The subtle msg
by slc_ricky (movies profile) (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... Full Review
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