The Departed

The hollywood version of the hongkong movie trilogy 无间道. The plot, scenes and characters sticked as close to the original as possible. Few notable differences between the two,

• Mark Wahlberg's character, Dignam. I couldn't recall who will this be in 无间道.


• There are 2 female characters in 无间道, while here we only got one which is Madolyn who got involved with both Billy and Colin.


• Colin got killed by Dignam in the end was like a twist.

Comparision cannot be made between the two, as 无间道 wins hands down maybe because the story originated from hongkong and was created for 黑社会, 卧底, 香港警察. The cast of 刘德华, 粱朝伟, 黄秋生 and 曾志伟 was just the right combinations at that time. A prequel and sequel was shot in quick succession after the success at the box office for the original movie.

Vulgarities really was a big part in the movie especially for Dignam who will have the word f*ck in almost every sentence he said. And the change from hongkong triads to american mob made a difference, and somehow the gang headed by costello doesn't seems to be as big as it seems, while in 无间道, the triad gang headed by 曾志伟 looks much more powerful and intimidating.

Moment of the movie :

As the plot is nothing new, the moment will be at the end where Colin got killed by Dignam which probably was tipped off by Madolyn who was told by Billy to open the enveloped he gave her if anything happens to him.