Dog Eat Dog vs The Departed

The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.1/10 for Dog Eat Dog). Dog Eat Dog is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2016). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dog Eat Dog posterDog Eat Dog2016 VS The Departed posterThe Departed2006
Dog Eat DogThe Departed
Audience score★ 5.1/10★ 8.2/10
Year20162006
Length1h 33m2h 31m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–Hong Kong
DirectorPaul SchraderMartin Scorsese
Main castOmar J. Dorsey, Willem Dafoe, Nicolas Cage, Nicky Whelan, Christopher Matthew CookAnthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Dog Eat Dog

Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life.

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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