The Departed
The Departedending is one of the most shocking and psychoanalysis - worthy motion-picture show finales ever . Martin Scorsese ’s prize - winning 2006 flick , a remaking of the Hong Kong filmInfernal Affairs , culminates in the collision of the plot ’s parallel storyline . For most ofThe Departed , Billy Costigan ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) and Colin Sullivan ( Matt Damon ) are deeply hole-and-corner in the Irish Mob and the Boston State Police , respectively . It is n’t until the last that the two moles discover each other ’s identities and the last confrontation between them is set off . But the explosive and violent ending is a bit confusing at first .
Like Scorsese ’s best moving-picture show , The Departedhas a large ensemble cast , and with so many characters work on either as spy or fast soldiers within their several networks , the relationships and the identities of the characters can get lose . This is done advisedly by the conductor , and the confusion the hearing feel over the lash undercover let on mirrors what the character are experience . Important histrion like Staff Sergeant Sean Dignam ( Mark Wahlberg ) are forgotten only to reappear , and characters like Matt Damon ’s Colin Sullivan seem to emerge victorious only to be gunned down in the final moments of the picture .
What Happens In The Departed’s Ending
Twists That Nobody Saw Coming
InThe Departed ’s ending , virtually everyone is idle except for Colin Sullivan . After years of spying for the mob , he ’s left as the only one with knowledge about his fraudulence . That is until his girlfriend , Dr. Madolyn Madden ( Vera Farmiga ) , invite a recording proving that he is a rat . Even if she does n’t reveal his criminal offense , Colin still has n’t escaped being discovered .
A major composition ofThe Departedis that characters ultimately pay for their two - faced nature and no one stays hide for long . Even though Colin thought he would get away with it all , his girl knowing the the true hang over him like a tongue . That dour terminate to the movie would be satisfying enough , as Colin has survivedThe Departed ’s climax but is now bequeath completely alone without his romanticistic pardner or his connections to the Irish Mob .
For Scorsese , that still isnot enough justice for the shady fibre , andThe Departedactually ends differently than the original motion picture , Infernal Affairs . In the net scene of the remaking , Dignam , who had go away halfway through the movie , surprises Colin — and the hearing watching — with a heater to Colin ’s head , tying up all loose ends but also allowing for a possibleWallberg - ledDeparted 2 .
Frank Costello’s Secret
He Hid Things Until The End
Frank Costello ( Jack Nicholson ) , is one of the moreevil villain in a Scorsese movie . Frank commits many illegal activities throughoutThe pull up stakes , but for some reason , they are never pin on the mob political boss . As it turns out , Frank himself was a strikebreaker , for the FBI , and as no department ever reveals who their moles are , no one in the State Police was aware that the serviceman they were trying to indict was in reality already working as a rat and is therefore unobtainable .
This revelation comes crash down on everyone who hears it and completely changes their motivations for the end of the movie . Meanwhile , Billy Costigan is terrorise of being found out as a rat . When it turn out that Frank is also one , Billy becomes even more desperate to get out of the undercover employment because he has basically been assigned an impossible task .
Colin , who is in the parlous position of being an witnesser in the State Police , finds out that his only contact could turn him in if give the chance . Frank ’s secret identity inThe Departedending send the moles into a frenzyas they seek to detect the other informant in their various organizations before they themselves are get wind .
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How Billy Costigan Discovers The Rat In The State Police
The Only Person Who Figured Out Colin
With Frank and Captain Queenan ( Martin Sheen ) both dead , Billy and Colin feel safe at last . DiCaprio and Damon are finally on - screen together for the first time atThe Departed ’s conclusion , and it ’s in their coming together that Billy sees the gasbag score “ Citizens Trust , " something that only Frank could have had . With that information , Billy go after Colin . Billy may have stopped look for after he was released from his duty and tried to forget everything , but the fact that the informant is correct in front of him is enough to galvanise him into acting .
At first , Colin contend , jeopardize Billy with effectual military action and telling him he score out any evidence of Billy do work for the section . This is all read to be bluster when in the lift , aright asThe Departed ’s final “ X ” Easter eggis shown , Colin breaks down crying .
Everything about him is a lie : his job , his loyalty , his whole persona . Billy has barely been able to keep the strain of lying from break off him while Colin seems sociopathic in his ability to hide . It ’s well-defined from his response upon being becharm that he is only moments away from completely falling apart .
Who Kills Who In The Shootout (& Why)
There Are Several Major Deaths
The Departedending interpret three role shoot in ready ecological succession , with only Colin left standing . In another twist , Trooper Barrigan ( James Badge Dale ) turns out to also be shape for the Irish ring , andhe shoot Trooper Brown(Anthony Anderson ) and Billy , adding another death to DiCaprio ’s picture show life history .
Colin finish up off the killing by shooting Barrigan so that there are no loose ends . Even though Barrigan and Colin are ostensibly on the same side , Colin is firm to no one but himself and does n’t trust anyone to serve him ; killing the one continue person who have sex his identity is his safe option .
WhileThe Departedending may have concentre on just one section of informants , there is more that was happening off - screen . Barrigan and Brown are in no more than a few mo of the movie but are key thespian in disclose Colin and Billy at the destruction . The world of undercover informant is a gnarl of tangled threads , and the gunfight at the end ofThe Departedbares that mess . The state of war between the gang and the constabulary is so puzzling that one informant may imagine they are the key figure when they ’re only a piece .
Why Staff Sergeant Dignam Returns
The Only Man Left Standing
As the man who never rest about who he was , Staff Sergeant Sean Dignam is the type who can sniff out when another is being double-faced . The Departed ’s fiber are wrapped in so many layers of lies that it can be difficult to recite what ’s tangible . It takes someone like Dignam , who only knows how to mesh honestly and directly , to cut through the maze of deception .
Dignam does n’t fall for Billy ducking questionsduring his audience , and he never takes his eyes off Colin during his , despite the trooper serve every query perfectly . Dignam is the only one who could see the tangled vane of informants all along .
The Real Meaning Of The Departed’s Ending
Scorsese Has Fun With The Ending
In terms of Scorsese movies , The Departedending leans closer toTheWolf of Wall Streetthan it doesGoodfellas — it ’s cockeyed on purpose . The Departedending is blooming and grim , but overall , it is farcical . Every character is either wild , crying , or express joy with not much in between ; emotion run wild and everyone has a hair trigger . The film moves lightning - fast , and the speedy - fire terminate scenes offer a twist every metre a positioning changes .
ThoughThe Departed ’s concluding image of a rat is mocked for being on the nose , it is a of necessity bold ecphonesis point . The havoc of the last 20 minute leaves viewers shock but also amuse at the ridiculousness of the violence . consultation should n’t finish the movie in silence ; they should be laughing out loud at the agitation . The scab is n’t a final hint to drive home the theme of the motion picture — it ’s Scorsese ’s version of a “ That ’s All Folks ! ” to cap his film off .
The Departed 2 Was On The Table
Infernal Affairsdidn’t end with just one picture show asThe Departeddid ; itwas really a trilogy of pic . The first movie saw Tony Leung ( Shang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)in the function that Wahlberg played and Andy Lau in Damon ’s part . However , the difference is that , inInfernal Affairs , Lau ’s crooked cop was never notice or killed . Also , the sequels were in reality prequels to show what go on before the first movie .
Despite the difference , The Departedalmost continued as a franchiseas well , as Wahlberg and screenwriter William Monahan came up with an estimation for a raw storey center on Wahlberg ’s fiber with the destination of vomit Brad Pitt ( a manufacturer onThe Departed ) and Robert De Niro . However , Wahlberg and Monahan ’s loose thought for the subsequence was n’t enough to affect Warner Bros. in their group meeting , and Wahlberg revealed , " the pitch did n’t go very well . " ( viaEsquire )
In 2016 , manufacturer Roy Lee utter toColliderand hinted thatThe Departedcould get a idiot box serial publication . That is when he revealed the possible action of a continuation , which never got made . Lee did say that they could impart back the utter characters for the sequel , which makes it sound more like a prequel and might parcel out with their actions outside what the first movie depict , the same asInfernal Affairs .
However , there was another big understanding it never got made , other than the definitiveThe Departedending and Wahlberg and Monahan ’s fail pitch meeting . Lee enounce , " It would be so expensive and Scorsese did n’t desire to do a subsequence . "
How The Departed Ending Was Received
Though The Twist Is Iconic, One Aspect Has Been Met With Criticism
WhileThe Departedwon Best Picture at the Oscars and earned Martin Scorsese his first Best Director prize , the reception to the ending was somewhat interracial . The galvanic final encounter between Billy and Colin was an vivid climax which conduct to the startling moment Billy is killed . While Scorsese pic are seldom concerned with delivering glad endings , The Departedseemed to be a more established film from the director and to see him kill off the movie ’s poor boy in such a shocking way was so impactful .
Leonardo DiCaprio is not given an emotional death scene but is instead polish off from the movie in an trice .
The moment continue an iconic twist in movie history , with many buff praising the way the death scene was take , adding to it all . Like the audience , Billy never sees the mo coming . Not only was Scorsese bold enough to pour down off the bomber of the taradiddle , but he did so in such an precipitous way that it stuns the hearing to still . Leonardo DiCaprio is not return an emotional death scene but is instead removed from the motion picture in an wink .
The jounce and horror of Billy ’s death are then followed up with the crowd - pleasing mo of Colin getting the penalization he merit . Once again , Scorsese clearly knows how to deal the impact of this moment , as he take Mark Wahlberg ’s Dignam , a stand - out character in the movie , out of the story for quite a while . While the audience might not even consider that he will return , the sight of him is a thrill . After seeing Colin get out with so much , it is a victory to see him run out of lie .
However , it is the last nip of the movie that has pull together some negativity . The dead reckoning of the rat running across the skeletal system has been deemed a pointless and overly obvious spot of imagery to include in the terminal moment . There are some who reason , that although a small choice by the film producer , it adopt the audience out of those terminal moments . Having a git look in a moving picture about “ rat ” in the mob and police force military group is hitting the stage on its head .
The import has been poked fun at in the past , withThe Simpsonsepisode “ The Debarted ” parodying the picture show and ending with a standardized slam of a rat and Ralph Wiggum explaining to the consultation “ The so-and-so symbolizes obviousness!”While it might be seen as a trip-up , the end ofThe Departedis still genuinely held in high esteem as a thrilling and bally conclusion to the law-breaking saga .
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The Departed , directed by Martin Scorsese , depicts the tense interplay between the constabulary and the Irish Mafia in South Boston . As an undercover officer infiltrate the criminal netherworld , a syndicate informant rises within the police force , culminating in a gamy - stakes conflict to reveal the dual moles within their ranks .
