Opening Friday, October 6:

The Departed
Grade: B+

Martin Scorsese’s remake of the 2002 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs takes awhile to get cooking and the ending is gimmicky. But for the most part this is an electrifying tale of cops, spies and gangsters, with all the stylized violence and visual pizzazz we’ve come to expect from the director of Goodfellas and Raging Bull. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson are fine in the leading roles, but Vera Farmiga (Down to the Bone) steals the show as a psychiatrist who juggles relationships with Leo and Matt.