Asphalt City vs The Departed

The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.3/10 for Asphalt City). Asphalt City is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2024). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Asphalt City posterAsphalt City2024 VS The Departed posterThe Departed2006
Asphalt CityThe Departed
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 8.2/10
Year20242006
Length2h 2h 31m
GenresDrama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–Hong Kong
DirectorJean-Stéphane SauvaireMartin Scorsese
Main castKatherine Waterston, Kali Reis, Michael Pitt, Sean Penn, Mike TysonAnthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Asphalt City

A young paramedic is paired with a seasoned partner on the night shift in New York revealing a city in crisis. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is tested with the ethical ambiguity that can be the difference between life and death.

The Departed

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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