Review of The Departed (2006) by Aidan M — 06 Apr 2014

About as entertaining and intense as the gangster genre gets. Manages to be both lovably gritty and dazzlingly epic.

This review of The Departed (2006) was written by Aidan M on 06 Apr 2014.

The Departed has generally received very positive reviews.

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