RT Score: 93%. "Featuring outstanding work from an excellent cast that includes Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon, The Departed is a thoroughly engrossing gangster drama with the gritty authenticity and soupy morality that has infused director Martin Scorsese's past triumphs." I love The Departed, and really, there's only one subset of people who seem to actively despise it - the fans of the original Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. We all know people - probably ourselves included, if we're honest about it - who get het up about beloved films being remade, though The Departed is admittedly one example that exceeds its source material, even if some fanboys can't bring themselves to admit that. They'll lament the humour, the "populist appeal", the famous actors in the roles, and the happ(ier) ending, while ignoring the outstanding performances, stronger script and technically sumptuous direction from Martin Scorsese. It's as though the fanboys want to assert their film hipster-dom by declaring that the original is not only better, but that they saw it first, and before you. But Scorsese wins out on this one; the fanboys are totally wrong. Which movies do you have a fanboyish disregard for? Let us know in the comments below.