Blood Ties vs The Departed

The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.1/10 for Blood Ties). Blood Ties is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2013). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Blood Ties posterBlood Ties2013 VS The Departed posterThe Departed2006
Blood TiesThe Departed
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 8.2/10
Year20132006
Length2h 8m2h 31m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–Hong Kong
DirectorGuillaume CanetMartin Scorsese
Main castEve Hewson, Noah Emmerich, Clive Owen, Lili Taylor, Mila KunisAnthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Blood Ties

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

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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