The Departed (2006) Movie REACTION | First Time Watching | Movie Review

[@NikkiStevenReact]

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[@genghisgalahad8465]

Have you guys seen the Turkish (?) Extended Dying Shooting .. "Version" of The Departed? It's a definite must-see and a must-react short scene! Will send the l*nk if you wish!

[@genghisgalahad8465]

@@xl081 once they've seen LA Confidential, Man on Fire, and they've seen Gladiator, so...cool!

[@suzannefereti8952]

Yes!!!! Finally!!! You're gonna love it. Watched it 2× because once was like speed reading lol🙃

[@LezArtist5iG]

44:06 Yes and No. His undercover work with the department is deleted. His Sate records and entry into undercover work are still on file. You can't delete a State record from the county. Highly regulated.

[@patrickevans9604]

This movie was definitely a masterpiece of storytelling.

[@moviescatsmargs]

Costigan's death is still one of the most brutal deaths for a movie protagonist I've ever seen. The suddenness of him being shot and falling to the ground and the last thing we see of him is the elevator doors trying to close on his lifeless body. Just brutal

[@lonerebeI]

I'd put the death in A Place Beyond the Pines up there too. Not to spoil who I'm talking about....

[@Ginny-t7y]

I still shutter when I see it, knowing how shocking it is.

[@Ginny-t7y]

Every time I watch this movie, I always hope Leo doesn't get shot. But I have disappointed 58 times. 😢

[@READY_OR_NOT]

Do you shutter island at it?😉​@@Ginny-t7y

[@hadoken95]

"I'm the guy that's doing his job, you must be the other guy" my favorite line from Wahlberg

[@MFBloosh]

Talk about foreshadowing 😂

[@AllOfTheHallows]

And then Mark Walburg literally becomes "the other guy" With that movie "the Other Guys"

[@TopGunZero]

They totally missed that line. What a shame. It's gold.

[@teamrainbow7674]

Mark Wahlberg was honestly so good in this film

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

​@@AllOfTheHallowsHoly s#!+, how did I not put that together.

[@thedarkknight2221]

I remember seeing this in theaters when I was 15 years old and the last 10 minutes of this movie still remains to this day as one of the most shocking endings I have ever seen in any form of media. And in the theater the sound of the gunshots in that scene were so loud that everyone jumped out of their scenes for each shot.

[@osmanyousif7849]

Ehh, it’s not as good as you think when you consider the whole plot of this movie. And Billy's (Leo) death makes the movie more convoluted than it needs to be, especially when adding the whole Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) is an informant plotline. Now don't get me wrong, the elevator scene was extremely shocking and even better than in Infernal Affairs, the movie that this was adapted from. But at the same time, it doesn't make any sense. I mean, how is Trooper Barrigan (the one to killed Billy) a mole? The movie establishes that Frank Costello met Colin (Damon) as a kid, but when did Frank met Barrigan? And WHY was Barrigan doing this? Like there's no foreshadowing of Barrigan's motives. And yeah, maybe Frank did this to cover up his bases, and added a few moles in, just in case one mole got outed or didn't make it far enough into the police force to be useful; but WHY does Barrigan know about Colin, but Colin doesn't know about Barrigan? I mean they were in the SAME training class, for crying out loud. Did Barrigan get turned later? If we the audience are gonna go with the assumption that Barrigan's the mole and knows about what Colin's been doing and maybe Barrigan was only planted just to keep an eye on Colin, HOW does Barrigan know that Frank was an FBI informant? Colin, who has reached one of the HIGHEST RANKS of the State Police, didn't even know about it and only found out, due to a SINGLE journal entry from Captain Queenan. But that's because Billy told him, and Billy knew because some literal random drugged-up dude knew that he interrogated, because of LITERALLY WHATEVER REASON. I mean what's that dude's story? Now even if Barrigan WAS assigned by Frank to be a mole and keep tabs on Colin and that somehow he also snuck into the room and found Queenan's journal to learn that Frank's also a rat, in the film, Barrigan literally says, "Costello was gonna sell us to the FBI.". HOW would Barrigan know that? And WHY would even the FBI care? If Frank Costello was the FBI's rat and Colin and Barrigan were helping him, wouldn't Colin want to help Frank? Like would the FBI be psyched that Colin was doing the ground-work for them (I mean he keeps Frank out of trouble so they could keep giving him information.)? Also, the whole FBI plot with Frank being a rat, is only in The Departed BECAUSE of the whole bases around Whitey Bulger (who Costello's character is based on), which I can understand. But if I'm being honest, it really doesn't add anything to the film and would only make the plot sound more complicated than it needs to be. I guess Martin Scorsese, the writers, or studios thought that one of the themes should be what Mr French said, "It's a nation of f***ing rats.". Plus, once Barrigan kills Billy, then Brown, and then tell Colin that they have to stick together (But WHY exactly, if they're the only moles left?), Colin kills Barrigan? And for what reason? You see in Infernal Affairs, it makes sense, since Chan (who's suppose to be Billy's counterpart) calls the police to meet him at the building where he meets Lau (Colin's counterpart), so when Chan brings Lau downstairs, he's literally bringing him into police custody. Lau then kills Inspector B (Barrigan's counterpart), because he needs a fall-guy, since Chan already told the cops he has the mole in custody. But in The Departed, Billy hasn't told anyone about Colin, not even Trooper Brown. So now that Billy and Brown are dead, there really is no reason to kill Barrigan. They really could have both gone home and left those two there. Also, if you pay attention to the scene when Colin tries to cover the mess, you have to ask yourself HOW Colin would come up with a story that would explain this to the police. He says Barrigan attacked him, but wouldn't they tell from forensics that Billy punched him? I mean, they don't even give us Colin's complete made-up story to the police for why he was there. It's just all not coming together.

[@HiThereLindsey]

@@osmanyousif7849 You wrote this whole essay for nothing. Let people enjoy things.

[@michaelbrewer2069]

@@osmanyousif7849 You way, way, way overthought that. Nothing wrong with people enjoying what they enjoy.

[@osmanyousif7849]

@@michaelbrewer2069 , it is wrong since we are meant to by this whole concept of Billy's character being undercover and the stress it's putting him through, yet Costello never figuring it out, as well as never telling Colin that he added other moles in. Heck, they could've cut the whole FBI informant plot and I'd say the film would have been much better.

[@BigHatMatt]

That last gunshot at the elevator really got Nikki xD 49:04

[@darbygreen2857]

Good call on the editing. Thelma Schoonmaker Is the 3 time Oscar winning editor of The Departed. She’s edited every Scorsese movie since Raging Bull. Which she won the Oscar for best editing. She has been nominate 8 times. The first for Woodstock in 1971. The most recent for Killer of the Flower Moon in 2024. She’s 83 years old.

[@osmanyousif7849]

If I’m being honest, I really wasn’t a fan of the editing in this movie. Pacifically because it does a bad job showing the passage of time. The opening sequence is a good example of this, as I actually thought that Billy and Colin were in training together when it actually was meant to happen several months apart.

[@disposablehero4911]

The acting firepower in this movie is just unbelievable.

[@mandyharvey684]

One of my fav movies. Unbelievable performances by all..but Leo killed it

[@NikkiStevenReact]

Leo always kills it, he's awesome

[@mandyharvey684]

Cant wait for peaky blinders reactions to come to you tube. Cilllian Murphys performance in that show is epic.

[@stevenhenry9605]

Leo killed it... but it also killed Leo. ;)

[@MrBreezeLI516]

The ending: you get a murder, you get a murder, YOU get a MURDER, weeeee!! 😅

[@TheSirUno]

One of the best movie remakes ever made. Ole Martin did a solid job wiht this one.

[@osmanyousif7849]

Arguable. I found Infernal Affairs to be far superior.

[@JJA1987]

Infernal Affairs = Overrated

[@bobcobb3654]

Funny that the “cop magnet cousin” in Departed is Ray Liotta’s paralyzed brother in Goodfellas.

[@wozing]

The gunshots at the end *REALLY* got you guys! lol

[@smiffy68]

18:25 - Leo is so good that we all forgot how good he is. He is never less than superb in EVERYTHING. Leo might well be the most underrated actor

[@tio8194]

Id say unfairly unrewarded instead of underrated

[@packedentertainment2866]

I wouldn’t say underrated. He’s literally one of the biggest movie stars/actors of all time along with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Tom Cruise & George Clooney. Although the last decade has shown that movie stars are starting to go extinct, which doesn’t mean the actors/actresses are dying but rather that they feel less special when they go on streaming shows/movies & when their shows/movies go straight to streaming cause then they don’t look so big anymore. Also because of streaming, now some people (the newer generation) don’t even decide to go to the theaters & instead waits for everything which is killing the movie business & is erasing movie stars cause then studios see “oh, you can’t sell tickets anymore in the 2020s, has to be your fault, so you’re no longer a big movie star anymore” which is just sad. If you looked at killers of the flower moon, it wasn’t doing too good until awards season created a boost in it’s ticket sales MONTH AFTER it had came out already, I saw it when it first came out & I was shocked that there were barely anyone there when it’s a freaking Leonardo DiCaprio movie & a Martin Scorsese & Robert DeNiro movie for crying out loud. Luckily it was doing way better when awards season helped it gain traction & now it’s been sold out almost every week in the theater near me which is wild cause where were they before?

[@SE-gs6gd]

He really should’ve gotten a nod for killers of the flower moon. He was excellent

[@mohanicus]

Fantastic movie and "that" elevator scene at the end NOBODY expected that's why its such a shock moment

[@leighwhite6700]

"I was expecting Billy to win...BOOM! OMG!! OMG!! 🤣😂😆🤣😆 Excellent reaction. I was so excited to see the end and you didn't disappoint 👌😉. So happy you did this reaction. Incredible movie. I wanted more Nikki and heart rate records. Lol Such an intense movie from start to finish. Cheers

[@osmanyousif7849]

Eh, if I’m being honest, I thought Billy’s plan to take Colin down was very absurd. I mean, ask yourself this: You're an undercover cop who's been hunting down a mole for quite some time, causing you to suffer a lot of stress and trouble. BUT SUDDENLY, you're given a bountiful amount of clues or evidence to learn and proof the mole was right in front of you. Now do you: Option A - Immediately take said evidence to the police station so the mole can be outed as the traitor (maybe even playing a recording of them confessing their crimes to further humiliated them), and will be arrested. Option B - DON'T DO THAT. And do the dumbest things ever like.... 1. Leave a trail that tips the mole off that you know they're the mole. 2. Tell the mole to meet you at a rooftop, despite it risking the mole getting the upper hand on you. 3. Don't call for the whole cavalry to meet you there, let alone the people who can actually back you up. 4. Don't bring any of your evidence with you, LITERALLY. 5. Say you're gonna march him to the PD, despite not doing any of the 4 things I listed. Not to sound like a downer, but Billy's actions in the movie just make him look like an idiot.

[@scottdarden3091]

Steven had a good guess when he said it might be soon the things are going, but I don't think how ever crossed his mind 😂😂

[@nathanmedina6211]

So glad you guys are reacting to this movie! So many great moments that I remember made my jaw drop when I first saw this movie

[@IvoryTrance]

The scene where Costello points a gun at Dicaprio was improvised, there was no gun in the script, so that look Dicaprio gave was true fear lol!

[@clovertwentyfour]

Digman could’ve picked up promotion by replacing Queenan. But instead of simply benefitting from nature’s course, he took it personal and avenged his death by taking out Sullivan. They were true bros. The Ssgt is loyal to the LT. He set things right before the chain of command reshuffles, by taking out who he figured was the problem in their circle.

[@scottcummins5454]

One of the best cops shows! The characters, the personalities, and the twists!!!

[@tonystreetman8209]

When this first came out, I watched it again immediately after and then again the next day. Fantastic film!!

[@AlbertV90]

This film won 4 Academy Awards! Best Picture Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Film Editing Mark Wahlberg was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and should've WON!!! One of greatest films ever! Well deserved 1,000,000%

[@malcolmrowe9003]

I rented the DVD of this with three other films one weekend and in all four films, the main protagonist died at the end. That was a cheerful weekend of films!

[@donbritt4480]

“When the hollow point hits the skull, it mushrooms and peels back little particles of the bullet that are like razor blades, tearing their internal organs: their liver, their lungs, their heart…” Steven: “Rugby…. So intense” Dude I love you so much.

[@VikashTiwari-s6c]

Wahlberg meant it when he said "I'm the guy that's doing his job" And that he did!

[@annas1557]

I think it took me 3 watches to fully understand the genius of this film. To be fair I was about 15 years old but it still to this day blows my mind!

[@pollyester303]

You know, there are only 2 characters that are beyond reproach. If you don't count billy. Carmen, teenager in the beginning, and Anthony Anderson's character. Maybe, Billy's aunt. But with that son... Everyone else has done something under handed.

[@mayaamis]

one of the greatest movie of all times with one of the most epic casts! and that ending lol

[@Jedi_Jon]

I can only watch this movie every 2 years or so still catching new stuff every time

[@el34glo59]

Take a shot every time you guys said oh my God

[@oslafoirausuebutuoy5457]

At the beginning of the film, Costello buys a young Sullivan groceries, specifically bread and milk. That is how they met, and the beginning of Sullivan's relationship with Costello. And in the last scene, when Sullivan is killed for working for Costello, he drops a bag of groceries, containing specifically bread and milk. Also I don't know if you noticed that what Costello was drawing right before the conversation with Costigan (when he is trying to figure out if he is the rat), was the Massachusetts State House and a bunch of rats, which is the very last image of the film. He burned that drawing during the same conversation.

[@cbobwhite5768]

I can remember going down to the soda fountain, in the Monkey Wards. Get me a milk shake or a root beer float.

[@CR13777]

Love the reactions, you guys NEED to watch Society of the Snow

[@jmhjmhjmh]

Did y’all catch the dude that popped Leo is the actor that played Bob Leckie in the Pacific?

[@tylerdurden2460]

I saw this in theaters. When Leo was coming off the elevator, every ass in the place came about 8 inches out of their seat. NOBODY was prepared for it.

[@derps0n839]

2:22 one time I went to Boston and stayed near that beach. I told someone where I was staying and they were like bro, that's where the mob dumps their bodies.

[@yaboypack]

@ 49:21 Bro I swear I’ve never seen or heard Steve make that sound before 😂😂😂

[@bhavin962]

Not even 1 minute in. “Is that Stan Lee?” I love you guys 😅❤️

[@Scary__fun]

Did she think this was a Marvel movie? Yikes..

[@HombreGermany]

This is the phase when DiCaprio turned from Pretty Boy Leo to Serious Actor Leonardo. And this movie was a huge part of that.

[@Jared_Wignall]

I love this film. One of my favorite Scorsese films. The film that finally got him the Academy Award, though he should have already won three Oscars by that point. Great reactions guys, take care!

[@nba_fan7214]

Funny hearing them say Leo is a baby when he was 32 in this movie lol

[@MrHartApart]

36:35, yeah, at least one. up close and very personal. body tenses up big time. eyes dart around before moment of impact. they're looking at you, the tense up, and then they are NOT looking at you. don't do a sorry for my loss thing but my old man. 2 feet from his face while he suffered a fatal heart attack.

[@ieradossantos]

Some well needed laughter after that emotional Interstellar session

[@gaylejackson9409]

I love the X marks theory. On the rewatch check out whenever an X appears on screen to see if it foreshadows the death of the character it appears in front of.

[@JohnDAmico-ci2hz]

Loved everything about this movie.... That elevator scene in the Theater had everybody's mouth drop and in stunned silence so I love it when reactors experience it for the first time..... ❤👍🏻❤

[@BostonAmy]

As a lifelong Bostonian, I can't speak for the criminal element but people really speak like that to each other. If someone's too polite they don't like you.😂

[@Scorpeus]

LOL! You guys screamed as much as I did the first time I watched it! Love this flick! Scorsese is a "Master"!

[@themooseisloose94]

Yessss! This film is a gem! So glad you finally got to see it

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

Don't call him "Marky Mark'. The bodyguard that he beat up told me that he hates being called that... Lol.

[@TheKimbino]

This movie has me in a chokehold. I pick something up every time I watch it. It’s so good I couldn’t think of how I’d make it better.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

You should consider the original Asian Infernal Affairs which is actually a trilogy (the second which is a prequel is a top five film of mine). You should also make Xmas cards of your faces when Billy gets shot ^^

[@DBoone123]

i was eating cranberries at the cranberry juice part lmao

[@brandonchang4685]

Best reaction ever!! I luv Nikki!!!

[@ricardorgomez]

This movie was so crazy. Super violence and plot twists.... And all the rats. Just crazy. And I bet it's REALLY close to what organized crime at that level is like. Which is scary. Crazy but great movie.

[@CrowR75]

Marky Mark for the win! That was awesome- I snort laughed :D

[@djb10]

3:31 "he's a baby" - you should check him out in 'This Boy's Life' (1993) & 'Basketball Diaries' (1995) both are true stories. 3:59 - I can't think of the title (hopefully someone names it) but that's an Alfred Hitchcock effect. 19:30 - I say this as often as I can when I'm about to smoke a cigar. LOL

[@Richie8406]

43:50 He wants him to see it

[@philmullineaux5405]

Billy won. He brought down the crew, and the kid is his!

[@atfbproductions7458]

Another amazing Boston set film is "The Town" starring Ben Affleck Jeremy Renner And Blake Lively directed by Ben Affleck ,highly recommend the Extended Cut with alternate ending which is very hard to find unless you're getting the physical copy which i did, the Extended Cut / theatrical are still very good

[@drewcliff82]

Yea this is one of the best movies of all time. So amazingly done.

[@rodamaal9220]

Probably the best crime movie ever. Great reaction 👏

[@Thepitz2000]

You guys should check out "To Live and Die In LA" a 1985 American neo-noir action crime thriller film directed and co-written by William Friedkin and based on the 1984 novel by former United States Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin. The film features William Petersen, Willem Dafoe and John Pankow among others.

[@mollie_7b977]

love this movie. i even watch it on TV when it comes on.

[@tonybeel]

Thank u guys. Really liked your reaction ✌🏼

[@_WATTS_Gamer]

It is rumored the Matt Damon character was a closet gay man and it kinda makes sense....with all the different clues throughout the movie...

[@trexpixx4590]

"Everybody's an asshole", welcome to Boston! So this is all Boston history. The movie is "based" on something else, but not really. It's Boston history and it is deeper and darker than this, as real life is.

[@Dene181]

It has been a long time since I watched this, but it's so damn entertaining! Great reaction! 👌😁

[@wroot_lt]

You should watch "The Talented Mr. Ripley" for more of Matt's nastiness :) Apparently, it is even his favorite role.

[@anguspham2051]

This is one of those movies where the remake is just as excellent as the original.

[@starlight82988]

Loved your reaction! You guys should react to Good Will Hunting, for another Matt Damon movie, where he's a bit of an asshole but also a good guy lol

[@lontollison6771]

That elevator scene is soooo 😦epic

[@EvilHandyman]

that was frickin excellent. love you guys!

[@AtlantaGuns]

Now you gotta watch the infernal affairs the OG that inspired this movie.

[@richlisola1]

Alec Baldwin isn’t really trying to do a Boston accent, maybe slightly. He’s basically sticking to his Long Island accent.

[@EddieEdsta101RojasJr]

@12:04 That scream tho! 😂🤣😭🤟👍💯

[@kierannichol1990]

It's Leo, like... hello!

[@stevelangdon2624]

great reaction to a great film. Keep up the good work.

[@cypfer8851]

1:05 Stan Lee ahah good one Nikki , but this movie deserved all the rewards it got for sure!

[@elementjonx216elemental-ga5]

Everyone dies.. Now you understand the tittle the departed lol

[@richardmiller3922]

Great reaction guys, I love watching you two. As you both now know The Departed is a fantastic film and you may want to chck out LA Confidential. It's in the same vain as The Departed where you don't know which cops are dirty and which ones are clean and I highly recommend it.

[@jfernandezc2872]

Did you saw Lucky Number Slevin or The invisible guest? Departed is also a 10/10 for me. Also this two movies! Try it! Forgot smoking aces!! There are so many good!! Greetings from germany! Love u guys :)

[@michelleolop]

Patiently waiting for you guys to discover society of the snow

[@SE-gs6gd]

I couldn’t with this movie. The number of head shots was just over the top lol

[@haydencalvert-smith5866]

love seeing these reactions early

[@acaciopoliveira]

amazing amazing masterpiece... Great watch and reaction!

[@billpimentel-vm6cu]

It took a few years for me to like Damen after I saw this movie

[@jonathanvalle6582]

“Marky mark for the win” 😂😂😂

[@yvetterodriguez2550]

I'm not much of a fan of DiCaprio but this movie had me so upset and angry for how his character ended up once the film was done. That to me was such great, compelling storytelling. I love stories that give you that unexpected twist that has you blindsided and dumbfounded. I was wowed by the whole story. Hats off to Scorsese once again 👏.

[@CheGuevara-uf4pm]

This is not a original Martin movie this is a American remake of a Japanese movie called infernal affairs which has 3 parts to it

[@jamesconnors2417]

Check out Black Mass if you liked this one

[@zjmgxclips5633]

Wooooo Not long till peaky blinders

[@michaeljacyna1973]

Please please please somebody do a mashup of all the reactors during the elevator scene

[@andybrown1544]

BEST REACTION EVER

[@dogsbreakfast4952]

Amazing movie ! Love it !

[@597jean1]

Suggest “The other guys” movie. It’s a comedy and Mark is in there. Named after the “you must be the other guy” line here.

[@hypocritex]

If you enjoyed this. You should check out Donnie Brasco. Some similarities. Very good.

[@danielkirk6983]

Top 10 favorite movie for me

[@vincentma9470]

You guys should check out the original Hong Kong film:　Infernal Affairs (2002). An even better film.

[@ta2gypsy]

Please consider reacting to The Town with Ben Aflac

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Do watch/react to Wolf of Wall Street! Also, did you catch (SPOILER THE DEPARTED) guy who was in Iron Man 2, same actor who played Bob Leckie in The Pacific? Will you see The Nun 2? And Masters of the Air* 🎉? Oh, and Indy films! And the guy (SPOILERS THE DEPARTED AGAIN) who gave the wrong address WAS undercover. I'm certain of it. Couldn't NOT have been and unbeknownst to Costello. That's why he didn't give up Billy! "ask me why..." Oh, Billy (needs to be a channel shirt or emoji, same with Steve going "When?" for RotJ's "Obi Wan once thought as you did...") Same as the (SPOILERS THE DEPARTED) backup bad guy mole! What an epic on the channel! The humor was dark but organic and fitting for a callous mob boss! Oh, and if you ever decide to see the Hong Kong movie that inspired The Departed, it's called Infernal Affairs. Also, see Face/Off. This summer! 🌞 🔫 🔫 & In Good Company, I think you'll enjoy!