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''[[The Departed]]'' is a 2006 American crime-thriller film and remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller ''[[Infernal Affairs]]''.
''The Departed'' was directed by [[Martin Scorsese]], written by William Monahan and stars [[Leonardo
This film takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, where notorious [[The Irish Mob|Irish Mob]] boss Francis "Frank" Costello plants Colin Sullivan as an informant within the Massachusetts State Police. Simultaneously, the police assign undercover cop Billy Costigan, Jr. to infiltrate Costello's crew. When both sides of the law realize the situation, each man attempts to discover the other's true identity before being found out.
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'''Oliver Queenan:''' Staff Sergeant Dignam has a style of his own. I'm afraid we all have to get used to it. }}
* [[Cruel Mercy]]: Once he sees the jig is up, {{spoiler|Sullivan}} begs Costigan to kill him. Response: "I [[Best Served Cold|am]] killing you."
* [[Cut His Heart Out
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Sergeant Dignam in spades.
* [[Death Is Dramatic]]: Averted. One of the three leading actors is killed [[Boom! Headshot!|instantly]] with no warning whatsoever.
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* [[The Dragon]]: Mr. French for Costello.
* [[Enhance Button]]: Subverted. Zooming all the way in on the security camera footage does not enable Sullivan to discern any more details about his pursuer.
* [[Everything's Louder
* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: A dog shies away from Sulllivan.
* [[Face Death
* [[Five-Bad Band]]:
** [[Big Bad]]: Frank Costello
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* [[Foreign Remake]]: Of the Hong Kong film ''[[Infernal Affairs]]''
* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: Costigan is a love machine. Sullivan, meanwhile, seems to have issues with erectile dysfunction. Guess which one is the hero. Averted by Costello, however, who has an active sex life (even at his old age) despite being a far from exemplary individual.
* [[Had to Come
* [[Hahvahd Yahd in My Cah]]
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Billy, Costello and Dignam.
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* [[Jerkass]]: All the gangster characters, especially Sullivan, Costello and Mr. French, who fits the cake more so than everyone else.
** And to a lesser extent, the cop characters as well, Billy, Dignam and Ellerby. They ain't no better than the gangsters either.
* [[Jerk
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|At the end it looks like Sullivan is going to get away scot-free. Then [[Reality Ensues|Dignam shoots him.]]}}
* [[Kill'Em All]]: With extreme prejudice.
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* [["Mister Sandman" Sequence]]
* [[The Mole]]: In both directions, even.
* [[Name's the Same]]: [[Jack Nicholson]]'s character shares a name with a famous New York City mobster, but is not inspired by him in any way. The real-life Frank Costello inspired [[The Godfather
* [[Number Two]]: Dignam for Queenan.
* [[Obstructive Vigilantism]]: Dignam keeps mum about what he knows, and in the end he {{spoiler|[[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|just shoots Sullivan]]}}.
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* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]:
** [[Martin Sheen]], God bless him, and the therapist.
** [[Leonardo
** On a point of interest, Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon don't have this problem, because they're actually from the Boston area. Wahlberg specifically is even from a working class background who had a few run-ins with the cops as a teenager... making this [[Truth in Television]].
* [[Opening Monologue]]: Costello gives one.
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* [[Sexual Karma]]: Sullivan's erectile dysfunction.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The scene in the graveyard has significant visual parallels with a scene in ''[[The Third Man]]''.
* [[Shout
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: Staff Sergeant Dignam.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Sullivan grows increasingly more loathsome throughout the film, climaxing in his confrontation with Costigan on the roof and subsequent elevator ride. {{spoiler|Weeping, he begs a clearly disgusted Costigan to shoot him to give him an easy way out. Costigan [[Cruel Mercy|refuses.]]}}
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