The Departed (2006)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.6
Overview
In this crime-action tour de force, the South Boston state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chi...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Race Swap: Yes
Overview
In this crime-action tour de force, the South Boston state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chi...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Primary
The film is a character-driven crime thriller exploring themes of loyalty, betrayal, and identity within a corrupt system, without explicitly promoting or critiquing any specific political ideology. Its focus on individual moral decay and a nihilistic resolution keeps it politically neutral.
The film features a predominantly white, male cast, consistent with its setting within the Irish mob and state police in Boston, without any intentional race or gender swaps of traditional roles. Its narrative focuses on crime and moral ambiguity, rather than engaging with or critiquing traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film features the uncritical use of homophobic slurs by several characters, including Dignam and Costello, as a means of insult and degradation. This language is presented without narrative counterbalance, contributing to a negative portrayal by normalizing harmful homophobic rhetoric within the film's environment.
The Departed is an adaptation of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. Several key characters, originally East Asian in the source material, are portrayed by white actors in this adaptation, constituting multiple race swaps.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Departed is an adaptation of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. All major characters in The Departed maintain the same gender as their counterparts in the original source material. No character established as one gender was portrayed as a different gender.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
8.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
8.5
8.2
Critic Ratings
9.1
8.5
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