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BLACK MASS & THE DEPARTED - BD

BLACK MASS- BASED ON A TRUE STORY OF JAMES "WHITEY" BULGER, AN IRISH MOB GODFATHER AND FBI INFORMANT WHO HAD A "SECRET TRADING" DEAL WITH HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM "BILLY" BULGER, A STATE SENATOR AND A BOSTON PUBLIC FIGURE, AND JOHN CONNOLLY, AN FBI AGENT. THEY PLANNED TO TAKE DOWN THE ITALIAN MOB AND MAFIA IN BOSTON, WHICH WENT AWRY AND THINGS TURNED MASSIVELY VIOLENT. WHEN THE CREDENCE FOR EACH OTHER BEGAN FADING OUT, DRUG DEALING, MURDERS, AND EXTORTION STARTED TO RISE, AND FORCED THE FBI'S BOSTON OFFICE TO CONFIRM THAT WHITEY BULGER WAS ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMINALS IN US HISTORY AND ALSO ONE OF THE FBI'S TEN MOST WANTED LIST CRIMINALS. THE DEPARTED-IN SOUTH BOSTON, THE STATE POLICE FORCE IS WAGING WAR ON IRISH-AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME. YOUNG UNDERCOVER COP BILLY COSTIGAN IS ASSIGNED TO INFILTRATE THE MOB SYNDICATE RUN BY GANGLAND CHIEF FRANK COSTELLO. WHILE BILLY QUICKLY GAINS COSTELLO'S CONFIDENCE, COLIN SULLIVAN, A HARDENED YOUNG CRIMINAL WHO HAS INFILTRATED THE STATE POLICE AS AN INFORMER FOR THE SYNDICATE IS RISING TO A POSITION OF POWER IN THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT. EACH MAN BECOMES DEEPLY CONSUMED BY THEIR DOUBLE LIVES, GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLANS AND COUNTER-PLANS OF THE OPERATIONS THEY HAVE PENETRATED. BUT WHEN IT BECOMES CLEAR TO BOTH THE MOB AND THE POLICE THAT THERE IS A MOLE IN THEIR MIDST, BILLY AND COLIN ARE SUDDENLY IN DANGER OF BEING CAUGHT AND EXPOSED TO THE ENEMY - AND EACH MUST RACE TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE OTHER MAN IN TIME TO SAVE THEMSELVES. BUT IS EITHER WILLING TO TURN ON THEIR FRIENDS AND COMRADES THEY'VE MADE DURING THEIR LONG STINTS UNDERCOVER?