Martin Scorsese's remake of the Hong Kong thriller INFERNAL AFFAIRS (2002) is a thrilling return to form, a psychological gangster film whose diabolically convoluted premise follows two men living double lives, their manufactured identities sustained by a web of lies that simultaneously keeps them alive and strangles their souls. Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) and Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) grew up in the same tough South Boston neighborhood, each in the shadow of Irish mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson, only rarely lapsing into "Here's Johnny!" mannerisms). But while Costello took the orphaned Colin under his wing, schooling him in the ruthless, bottom-fe...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
149 mins