The Departed vs. The Friends of Eddie Coyle

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I don't love The Friends of Eddie Coyle, but it shows that there is a very different way to make a mobster movies than the typical path the The Departed chooses, and it's a hell of a lot more interesting as a result.

Eh, Eddie Coyle underwhelmed me on my first viewing, and The Departed is in my Top 10, soooooooooo...

The Departed suffers from the deliberate use of Jack Nicholson. The Friends of Eddie Coyle doesn't have a bad actor in the cast, and shows the world of crime and law enforcement as a dreary, tiresome place to be - much less to belong to.