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Argumentative Essay On The Movie 'The Departed'

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The Departed
The Departed is one of the greatest choices for a Thriller,crime movie and to be sure yourself it 's the 45th on Imdb 's List which we all trust it completely.
4 Oscars are a really thing for a moive and Leonardo Dicaprio takes part in the movie which encouraging me to watch the movie without hesitate.
And I don 't reduce from Matt Demon 's performance, he is a great actor with a great sense which makes him special in front of the camera and we must 't forget the great Jack Nichlson,that awesome guy did a great job in the movie as his role was spectacular maybe he wasn 't nominated for an Oscar but now he has 3 now, so I guess he didn 't need it anyway
Good scenes are everywhere in the movie and I will love to talk about the best
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