Explain the story of the movie DEPARTED?

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Answer 1

The film begins "some years ago" in Boston, Massachusetts, where crime boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) takes ten year-old Colin Sullivan under his wing with an intention of him being a mole for his crew one day. Twenty years pass and Sullivan (Matt Damon) is in training for the Massachusetts State Police. His classmates include Barrigan (James Badge Dale), Brown (Anthony Anderson) and Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio). Upon joining the State Police, Sullivan begins leaking information for Costello; meanwhile, Captain Queenan (Martin Sheen) and Sergeant Dignam (Mark Wahlberg) assign Costigan to commit assault, go to prison, and then begin selling drugs with his cousin to get noticed by Costello for the purpose of obtaining information.

Sullivan is soon promoted to the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) headed by Captain Ellerby (Alec Baldwin). Meanwhile, Costigan begins assaulting friends of Costello, which provokes Costello to take an interest in him; he tests and accepts him into his crew. Sullivan begins a romantic relationship with criminal psychiatrist Madolyn Madden (Vera Farmiga), who is also having sessions with Costigan; he, meanwhile, is committing felonies with Costello's right-hand man, Mr. French (Ray Winstone) and is obtaining information in the process.

After a year, Costello goes to sell stolen missile-guidance microprocessors (which turn out to be fake) to Chinese buyers along with his crew, under the observation of the State Police. Through the use of text messaging, Sullivan tries to save them from arrest while Costigan tries to send the cops details. When it becomes obvious that tip-offs are going in both directions, Costigan panics; Sullivan, who has just moved into his condominium with Madolyn, asks Costello for the social security data of his crew in order to search for cops in police records. Costigan discovers that Costello is an informant for the FBI, and also has a sexual encounter with Madolyn.

Costello and Sullivan meet in a pornography theater, where Costello gives Sullivan an envelope full of the crew’s records. Costigan is also in the theater and pursues follows Sullivan into the streets. Sullivan detects that he is being tracked and mistakenly stabs an innocent man.

Sullivan is ironically given the job of uncovering the mole in the SIU, who is of course himself, and he must also discover the police informant in Costello's crew (Costigan). Sullivan assigns policemen to follow Queenan as a diversion. A few days later, Costigan meets with Queenan on a rooftop to discuss his abandoning the mission; Costello’s crew arrives when Costigan receives a call from Delahunt, one of Costello's men, and alerts Queenan that he was followed. As the two head for the exit, they realize that Costello's crew has just arrived outside the building. Queenan tells Costigan to escape through the fire exit and that he'll divert the crew. This, however, backfires on Queenan when the men rush in and begin assaulting him. As Costigan has finally made it outside, Queenan is thrown out of a high story window and dies on impact before Costigan's eyes. A shootout between the cops and Costello’s crew takes place, with Costello’s crew escaping, albeit with a few wounds and casualties. During the post-fight, Costigan discovers that Delahunt, who was mortally-wounded during the shootout, has figured out that he is an undercover cop. To his relief, Delahunt dies before he is able to alert the others and is later revealed to be an undercover officer by the Boston State Police in order to throw Costello off the mole's trail.

Hostilities over Queenan’s death break out between Sullivan and Dignam, with Dignam (who suspects Sullivan might be working for Costello) taking a leave of absence as Ellerby takes over. Sullivan calls Costigan on Queenan’s phone, posing as a sincere cop who has taken over Queenan's job. A few days later, Costello and his crew head out to an old warehouse to retrieve a supply of cocaine. During the ride to the warehouse, Sullivan realizes that Costello is an FBI informant. He leads the entire force to the warehouse, where another shootout occurs. This time all of Costello’s crew, including Mr. French, are killed, and Sullivan, who is nervous that his status as a double agent could be given away to the FBI, shoots and kills Costello after confirmation of his informant status.

Back at the station, Costigan has a debrief with Sullivan who has assumed the role of his boss. Costigan asks what Sullivan will do about the rat on the inside, and Sullivan replies, "We're gonna find the prick." While Sullivan is out of the room, Costigan sees the envelope with the crew’s records on Sullivan’s desk. He realizes that Sullivan is the police mole (Costello's informant) and flees. Costigan secretly gives Madolyn an envelope to be opened in case anything happens to him. Shortly he sends Sullivan audio evidence of his collaboration with Costello made from comprehensive audio records that Costello kept, but Madolyn listens to the recording first. On the phone, Costigan tells Sullivan to meet him on the roof of the building where Queenan was killed, at which time he arrests him. Officer Brown arrives at the behest of Costigan and reluctantly allows him to take Sullivan downstairs while Costigan explains that he has crucial evidence pointing to Sullivan as the police mole. As the elevator door opens on the ground floor, Costigan is shot and killed by Barrigan, who reveals that he was working for Costello as well. Brown is also killed by Barrigan as he exits another elevator and finds Costigan lying dead on the floor. Sullivan then kills Barrigan and proceeds to give testimony that Costigan and Brown were killed by Barrigan. He recommends Costigan for the Medal of Merit decoration.

Sullivan attends Costigan’s funeral, where a tearful Madolyn refuses to speak with him despite the fact that she is pregnant. He returns home to find Dignam waiting with a gun drawn, having discovered that he was Costello’s man. Realizing the situation, Sullivan says "Okay". Dignam pulls the trigger and kills him. After he leaves, the camera pans to the windowsill where a lone rat walks outside the condo, overlooking the Massachusetts State House.

Answer 2

'The Departed' is set in South Boston, where the state police force is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Costello (Jack Nicholson). While Billy is quickly gaining Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy -- and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.

Answer 3

its extra beneficial than a 12 months on account that I watched that movie however the guy who killed Mat Demon (sorry dont remember the names) interior the basically ultimate scene exchange into the detective that regulate into the only guy or woman last to correctly known that Leonardo Di Caprio exchange right into a undercover agent because of the fact Mat Demon deleted his records.i think of the chick instructed to the detective who exchange into Mat Demon.

Answer 4

Its about the Mob vs the Police
Each group has a mole in the other.

Answer 5

All what I understood from it is that one of them were from the police and he was acting as if he was a thief, to see where the thieves are going. That's what I mostly understood.

Answer 6

its actually an american adaptation of a Hong Kong film called Internal Affairs.

Answer 7

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