Dearly Departed

I just caught the trailer for The Departed, which happens to be the remake of Hong Kong's Infernal Affairs. Well, as a fan of the dark glamourous version, I must say The Departed lacks the oophm gala that made Infernal Affairs kept-me-on-the-edge of-my-seat-worthy.



Jack Nicholson lacks the authoritative swagger reserved for triad bosses.. He looks plain scruffy,- guess they decided to make do with his stylist (what stylist?) from About Schmidt. I mean couldn't they have spruced up his image with a little Al Capone fairy dust? .. Somehow maybe I'm inclined to cut him some slack- after all, there's only so much you can tell in two and a half minutes. And if Danny-Devitoish Eric Tseng could summon the authoritative presence, then maybe good ol' Jack could whip up something in due time.



You be the judge

Reprising Tony Leung and Andy Lau's roles in the cat-and-mouse game are pretty and (or but) credible actors Leonardo Dicaprio and Matt Damon.. Boyish, even to the point of 'cute,' they do look like kids chasing each other on the playground. Will Dicaprio and Damon do justice to the original cowabunga performances upheld by Leung and Lau? *Shrugs.. We'll just have to watch the movie to find out.

Mark your calendar guys, October 5th