Rating: R (strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some strong sexual content and drug material)
Length: 151 minutes

Widescreen 2.40:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
SPANISH: Dolby Digital 5.1

English, French, Spanish

The Boston police are trying to take down the city's biggest mobster (Nicholsen). They send in an undercover agent (DiCaprio) while the mobster has his own people that have infiltrated the police.

All you have to do is look at the cast and the director to realize that this is going to be a special film. All the leads (Nicholson, DiCaprio, Wahlberg, Damon) pulled off their roles to perfection. The last 30 minutes have enough twists and turns to keep everyone's attention.

Some people will be turned off by the length of this film (151 minutes) but still flows good. My only complaint is that they never show what is in the envelope that Billy (DiCaprio) gives to Madolyn (Farmiga). Why have an envelope and not show the viewers what was in it?

• Nine Additional Scenes with Introductions by Director Martin Scorsese
• Feature-Length TCM Career Profile "Scorsese on Scorsese"
• "The Story of the Boston Mob": The Real Life Gangster Behind Jack Nicholson's Character
• "Crossing Criminal Cultures": How Little Italy's Crime and Violence Influence Scorsese's Work
• Theatrical Trailer

If you've got 2.5 hours of spare time and you like any of the other Scorsese mob movies this will certainly be worth your time. And if you have kids be warned, this movie definitely earned its 'R' rating.

Martin Scorsese   [The Aviator, Cape Fear (1991), Casino, Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver]

Anthony Anderson - Brown

[Barbershop, Hustle & Flow]

Alec Baldwin - Ellerby

[The Aviator, Beetle Juice, The Edge, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Hunt For Red October, Nuremberg, Pearl Harbor]

Kevin Corrigan - Cousin Sean

James Badge Dale - Barrigan

Kristen Dalton - Gwen

Matt Damon - Colin Sullivan

[The Bourne Identity/Supremecy, The Brothers Grimm, Dogma, Good Will Hunting, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Rounders, Saving Private Ryan]

Leonardo DiCaprio - Billy Costigan

[The Aviator, Gangs of New York, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Quick and the Dead (1995), Titanic]

Vera Farmiga - Madolyn

[15 Minutes]

Jack Nicholson - Frank Costello

[A Few Good Men, Batman, Broadcast News, Chinatown, Hoffa, Mars Attacks!, Reds, The Shining (1980), The Witches of Eastwick, Wolf]

David O'Hara - Fitzy

[Doomsday]

Mark Rolston - Timothy Delahunt

[Aliens, Body of Evidence, Lethal Weapon 2, Robo Cop 2, The Shawshank Redemption]

Martin Sheen - Oliver Queenan

[The American President, Apocalypse Now, The Final Countdown, Gettysburg, Spawn, Wall Street]

Mark Wahlberg - Dignam

[Boogie Nights, Four Brothers, The Italian Job (2003), The Perfect Storm, Planet of the Apes (2001), Three Kings]

Robert Wahlberg - FBI Agent Frank Lazio

[Mystic River]

Ray Winstone - Mr. French

[Beowulf, Cold Mountain, King Arthur, Ripley's Game]