I’m late, I know. But I finally got around to seeing this movie. It is good.
The story is about two guys both from “the neighborhood” in Boston. Both of them have just graduated the police academy. One has been practically raised by the local organized crime leader, and he’s joined the police in an attempt to get a man on the inside. The other is a kid who’s father was an honest man, and he’s been trying to get out of the neighborhood all his life, but he’s been recruited to go undercover into the local organized crime and be their man on the inside.
The narrative flips back and forth in the lives of these two men over the course of more than a year as one works his way into the ranks of the police and the other works his way into the ranks of the criminals. In a “Six Degrees” sort of way, they are very close without ever really meeting.
Scorsese put together a top notch cast to tell the tale, and every actor does their job well. It deserved the awards that it won.
The end left me feeling… well.. its hard to say without spoiling it. I’ll just leave it at that it was satisfying on some levels but unsatisfying on others. It is definitely worth the time to watch.