The Departed
December 9th, 2006
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The Departed. Martin Scorsese, 2006. **
[tags]film, 2 stars, thriller, cops, guns, murder, martin scorsese, leonardo dicaprio, matt damon, jack nicholson, mark wahlberg, martin sheen, vera farmiga[/tags]
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