They marshal a sharp visual style and a crackling soundtrack to capture the unpredictability and intensity of Watts in the early ’90s, crafting an updated riff on Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets” with the help of a stellar cast - including then-newcomers Larenz Tate and Jada Pinkett and, in a brief but effective supporting role, a rising star named Samuel L.
The twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes were only 21 years old when their debut feature roared onto screens in 1993, bursting with youthful energy and an unflinching willingness to stare the tragic nihilism of teen violence dead in the eye.
(Much of the humor comes through Mark Whalberg, in an Oscar-nominated performance as a supervisor who does not suffer fools). The possibilities for deception and unmasking are endless, and Scorsese mines the tension from every imaginable angle while investing the central predicaments with psychological nuance and dark humor. Relocating the 2002 international hit “Infernal Affairs” from Hong Kong to Boston, “The Departed” tells the intertwining stories of a tough young cop (Leonardo DiCaprio) who goes undercover to infiltrate the crew of a local Mob boss (Jack Nicholson), just as his surrogate son (Matt Damon) goes undercover in the Boston Police Department. Martin Scorsese won long overdue Oscars for best director and best picture for this 2006 cops-and-gangsters thriller.
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