The F***ING Departed

SEX, DRUGS, VIOLENCE, BLOOD, PROFANITIES.

Was really disappointed with this remake of the Asian 'Wu Jian Dao' (Infernal Affairs). The show didn't wow me. I find it badly made instead, of a bad taste. I bet the characters shouted profanities more than 100 times in the show. Every now and then, the characters will say F*** or F***ing. Like nobody's business. (which i don't really see the need for)

Huang Qiusheng's character was accompanied by this other police officer, who was really irritating me throughout the show. exudes negative vibes. and who eventually... killed andy lau's character (played by matt damon) in the most ridiculous looking wear.

Sha Qiang's character was also made into 2 different characters. You don't really see the 'brotherhood' between the gang members like you see between Tony Leung (played by Leonardo) and Sha Qiang. Pity.

Eric Tsang's character was played by jack nicholson. The latter is supposed to be 70 years old in the show. the movie scene where he passed the envelope to matt damon showed them watching porn, with jack flashing his dildo to scare matt damon. I went huh? what the hell. Was that necessary?? Poor taste. very poor taste. Jack is just portrayed as a very Se4 Beibei (Dirty old man) the way I see it.

the scene where he was killed by Matt was also very badly set. not cool, not cool at all.

and Matt and Leonardo fell in love with the same woman (the female lead is not exactly very pretty looking)! Where's my ELva?!

and no MORSE code! done thru sms! and it's not very clear how Leonardo communicated with Matt during the last lap. weak.

and what's with the Mainland chinese speaking Cantonese?

sigh, so many other things that I didn't appreciate martin scorsese do. The westerners may really enjoy these kinda movie, full of blood, gore (scene of a chopped hand, bullet blowing brains off), drugs, vulgarities and sexual innuendos (which i felt is really not necessary).

for me, i prefer the slicker Infernal Affairs, with a more charismatic cast.
thumbs up to Asian film makers.