Fireworks vs The Departed
The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.7/10 for Fireworks). Fireworks is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 31m. Fireworks is the older of the two (1997 against 2006). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireworks
The Departed| Fireworks | The Departed | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 2h 31m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Hong Kong |
| Director | Takeshi Kitano | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Ren Osugi, Takeshi Kitano, Susumu Terajima, Yuko Daike, Makoto Ashikawa | Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Fireworks
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.
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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