The
Departed is set in South Boston, where the state police force
is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy
Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob
syndicate run by gangland chief Costello (Jack Nicholson).
While Billy is quickly gaining Costello’s confidence, Colin
Sullivan (Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has
infiltrated the police department as an informer for the
syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special
Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his
double life, gathering information about the plans and
counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it
becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that
there’s a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in
danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy – and each
must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to
save himself.
The
Departed is set in South Boston, where the state police force
is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy
Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob
syndicate run by gangland chief Costello (Jack Nicholson).
While Billy is quickly gaining Costello’s confidence, Colin
Sullivan (Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has
infiltrated the police department as an informer for the
syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special
Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his
double life, gathering information about the plans and
counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it
becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that
there’s a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in
danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy – and each
must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to
save himself.