Cops or criminals. When you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference?
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
DramaThrillerCrimepoliceundercoverboston, massachusettsgangsterirish-americancrime bossfriendsremakemobsterorganized crimemafiaundercover cop
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Character
Earnest, contemporary, classical in form and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
107 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Sinceres.
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Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprioBilly
- Matt DamonColin
- Jack NicholsonCostello
- Mark WahlbergDignam
- Martin SheenQueenan
- Ray WinstoneMr. French
- Vera FarmigaMadolyn
- Anthony AndersonBrown
- Alec BaldwinEllerby
- Kevin CorriganCousin Sean
Crew
- Martin ScorseseDirector
- William MonahanScreenplay
- Michael BallhausDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Thelma SchoonmakerEditor
- Graham KingProducer
- Brad GreyProducer
- Brad PittProducer
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