El Angel vs The Departed
The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.4/10 for El Angel). El Angel is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2018). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
El Angel
The Departed| El Angel | The Departed | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 2h 31m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Argentina | Hong Kong |
| Director | Luis Ortega | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Fernando Contigiani García, Chino Darín, Mercedes Morán, Luis Gnecco, Peter Lanzani | Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
El Angel
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime 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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