The year two thousand and six produced some awesome action based flicks and the departed is just one of them. Based on the back ground of mafia and police tussle, this movie inculcates the audience with introducing not one but two double crossers of which one is a good cop and one is a cop, gone rogue.

Briefly the story is a summation of action packed drama and thrilling sequences that is usually a part of every police and mafia box office release. The difference is created by the induction of two double agents within the movie plot of which one works for the cops and the other is cop but works for the rivals and criminals. The story line of this movie renders a lot of sequences in which you can see some genuine human reactions to the art of deception and betrayal.

Billy is a Massachusetts police graduate who plays his generic mafia ties to win trust and respect when he is inducted in the mafia as a double agent for the cops. His background and family cult relation makes him an easy amalgamation within the Irish American mafia and also helps in gaining reliability within the cult sectors. This helps him in knowing what is being planned and he accordingly tips off the police regarding them.

While Billy is busy in spying on the Mafia, Collin Sullivan is the mafia installed spy in the law enforcing agency. Like Billy, Collin also is sharp and moves quickly up the police ranks to become a respectable special investigation unit officer. This unit is the actual operative one against the Irish American cartels receiving tips from Billy. Collins unique character of double playing the police as well as the mafia is perhaps the only thing that makes this movie stand out of the normal gangster type ones.

As the movie moves forward, both the mafia and the police identify the fact that they both have intruders within their ranks that are tipping off the opposite parties. At this point both Collin and Billy, have to prove their worth and originality to their organizations in order to stay clean. There is a definitive struggle to unveil the crook and in this process the movie lingers on with some suspense oozing action packed sequences. This is the time when the human sense of betrayal is seen dominant as both these agents are on a brink to unveil and turn in their fellow mates and colleagues they have been working with.

The last half of the film is the one in which all the puzzle pieces begin to fall in place. The departed cannot be rated as an ultimate action thriller but you can say that it is action drama at its very best. The last scenes mainly focus on the arriving collision and betrayal unveiling between Collin and Billy and hence it is action and suspense filled.

The drop scenes show Billy asking Collin to leave the bad ways and opt in for the immunity and protection offered by the Police department. Collin would not give up so easily and hence finally, Billy dies at the hands of Collin during a physical fight scene.

The departed is a classic action and drama flick that focuses yet again on making truth, honesty, and good deeds as the final winner. There are a lot of moments within this movie that can make you grasp your breath due to the suspense and drama. All in all, it is one of the best flicks ever when we talk about two thousand six releases.