Silk Road vs The Departed
The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.3/10 for Silk Road). Silk Road is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2021). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Silk Road
The Departed| Silk Road | The Departed | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 2h 31m |
| Genres | Crime, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Hong Kong |
| Director | Tiller Russell | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Jimmi Simpson, Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson, David DeLao, Alexandra Shipp | Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Silk Road
Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.
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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