Continuity mistake: In the scene after Queenan dies, when Sullivan picks up his phone to contact Costigan, he presses the "talk" button and a smudge of blood is left. In subsequent shots, there's no trace of blood on the "talk" button. (01:49:45)
The Departed (2006)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Sheen
A deal goes bad and all the goons apart from Costello and Billy are killed. Colin catches up with Costello and is angry with him about being an FBI informant. Costello goes for his gun bu Colin shoots him first. Colin takes the praise for Costellos take down and comes back to the office to find Billy waiting for him, the last survivor of Costellos group. Billy, unaware that he is talking to the rat, says that he has been undercover fro a long time. Colin tells Billy he's going to recommend him for a medal. He then goes out for a second. Billy then discovers the citizens trust envelope that Costello gave to Colin earlier. realisibng Colin is the rat and that he is probably intending to kill him, Billy leaves. He then gives an envelope to Colins girl, presumably containing evidence of Colin being the rat. Se then reveals to Colin that she is pregnant, although the baby is probably Billy's. She then finds a recording in the mail, containing a conversation Colin had with Costello. She realises he was working for Costello. Colin gets a phonecall from Billy saying to meet him at the building where Queenan was killed. There, he attempts to arrest Colin with the help of Brown, but Barrigan turns up and kills both Billy and Brown. Barrigan was also working for Costello. He lets Colin go, who, when his back is turned, shoots him in the head. Billy has a policeman's funeral, meaning he finally got his identity back, like he wanted. Colin goes home to his apartment, only to find a visitor waiting for him...Dignam. Presumably he was given the evidence of Colin's treachery by his own girlfriend. Colin kind of accepts that Dignam is going to kill him. Dignam shoots him and leaves. the final shot is of Colin lying in a pool of his own blood and the camera panning up to reveal a single rat overlooking the view of Colin's apartment.
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Colin Sullivan: I'm going to need the identity of your undercovers.
Dignam: Blow me, all right? But not literally, though. Unfortunately, there's no promotion involved for you.
Trivia: The title track to the movie, which plays at the menu and twice in the movie, is "I'm Shipping Up to Boston", a hit song by the Dropkick Murphys. The Dropkicks are a Boston-based Irish band, fitting for a movie about Irish mobsters in Boston. The song is also the entrance music for Red Sox closer Jonathon Papelbon.
Question: There was one thing I wasn't really sure on, and I don't even know if there is a definitive answer. Did Mark Wahlberg kill Matt Damon because he figured out that Matt Damon's charecter was working with Frank and he had killed all those cops, or did he just kill him for revenge over the way Matt Damon treated Wahlberg when he took over his job?
Answer: I would argue that Dignam (Whalberg) kills Colin (Damon) out of loyalty to Queenan (Sheen) and Billy (DiCaprio). Although we are shown that Dignam has a general dislike for Billy (in the way that he speaks to him), he is a loyal person who believes in honourable justice. Colin was a rat that not only deceived the very institution that Dignam believes in, but his deception also cost the lives of his dear colleague Queenan and Billy, both of whom were unjustly murdered. Despite Dignam's general apathy or arguable dislike for Billy, he understands that he deserved better (since he knows that he was a good man). Killing Colin ensures that restitutions are paid to all those who were affected by his deceit and illegal affairs.
Dignam didn't dislike Billy, he was just rude to everyone. There are hints throughout the film that Dignam liked Billy including the interview scene where they first meet where Dignam drops his facade to say "We need you pal" softly in an attempt to get Billy to go alone with the undercover plan.
I thought the "we need you, pall" line was sarcastic and manipulative, trying to convince Billy to take a potentially life-threatening assignment.
Answer: I'll add one more possibility: Wahlberg was another mole for the crime boss, Frank Costello, and Damon's assassination was in response to the rat's betrayal of the code.
Not even remotely possible, as he wouldn't have sat back and allowed Billy to work uninterrupted without reporting it to Frank if this was the case.
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Answer: The assumption is that Wahlberg learned of Damon's betrayal from the envelope given to Vera Farmiga, Damon's therapist girlfriend. It could also have been for revenge, but Wahlberg did know that Damon was the rat when he killed him.
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