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Originally Posted by ER!C L!VE
I said this in one of the other 3 threads about this flick: The Departed was similar to a beefed-up episode of Law and Order mixed with Training Day and Deep Cover. I wouldn't want to see it again. I give it 3/5 stars.
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I just can't believe people are jocking it so hard.
You want to see a good movie about rats and betrayal?
State of Grace blows The Departed away!
Great cast, daiolog, story, characters!
Sean Penn .... Terry Noonan
Ed Harris .... Frankie Flannery
Gary Oldman .... Jackie Flannery
Robin Wright Penn .... Kathleen Flannery (as Robin Wright)
John Turturro .... Nick
John C. Reilly .... Stevie McGuire
Plot Summary for
State of Grace (1990)
"Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others.
While not in the same class as GoodFellas, this saga about Irish-American hoods in Hell's Kitchen during the 1970s is out of the same stable; and though sometimes monstrously violent, it's a hugely impressive piece of work. The plot is familiar: youthful loyalty compromised, betrayal, kinship, ethnic rivalry, protection of territory, return to roots, revenge. More important is the visual impact of the film, which begins in a blur of motion and ends with a bloody St Patrick's Day shoot-out. But most impactful are the performances: the much underrated Penn as a prodigal returnee, Wright as the ghetto woman who moved up and away, Harris as the bossman, and - most astonishingly - Oldman showing the ferocity of a Joe Pesci, the aimlessness of a Mean Streets De Niro, and the sex-appeal of a pre-fight Mickey Rourke."
I was trying to find the shootout scene at the end which is one of the best in movie history. Instead, here's a couple memorable scenes!
Hands in the freezer
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TFMW3JzVNWc
Fire scene
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_S7zks2nWr8