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A review of the 2006 movie “The Departed”

May 1st, 2020 by Roger Darlington

In 2002, Hong Kong had a hit with a Catonese-language stylish crime drama called “Infernal Affairs” which I enjoyed at the time and which soon spawned two sequels. In 2006, Hollywood remade the film as “The Departed” and it was so successful that it won four Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay […]

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