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Title: The Departed Delivers!
Review: While this is not my favorite work from Scorsese as I appreciated more his "Gangs of New York" and "The Aviator", this is a very solidly made film. It is very engrossing with both multi-sided characters and a facinating storyline. The film, like many Scorsese efforts, is visually stunning and graphic. DiCaprio delivers another awesome performance, his third with Scorsese, and Matt Damon and Jack Nicoholson are top-notch as well. Mark Walhberg's performance, while excellent, wasn't, in my opinion, Oscar-caliber. I scratched my head on how he got an Oscar nod for this film and none of the other actors did. The script is very original and I enjoyed the many surprising plot twists. The title should give away to you a lot about how the story ends, but I'll just say that it is a sad story in the end. Like real-life good guys don't always win and bad guys don't always get caught.
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