Hong Kong The Departed sits in the top 1% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #4 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
“Lies. Betrayal. Sacrifice. How far will you take it?”
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.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (100th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.9 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #2 of 311 (top 1%).
Audience Engagement
13,792 audience reviews — more than 100% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 98th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Departed. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + Thriller in Hong Kong
61 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Departed itself).
The 2005–2007 Hong Kong Window
The Departed tops the 41 Hong Kong films we index from this three-year window. Cards below list the runners-up in descending audience order.
The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Departed premiered alongside 12 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 31m runtime, production spent $596K per minute on screen and earned $1.9M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 2006.
The 598th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Departed, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- massachusetts · 5
- boston · 3
- irish-american · 1
- mole · 1
- state police · 1
- police training · 1
- realtor · 1
- friends · 27
- mafia · 24
- organized crime · 20
- undercover cop · 15
- undercover · 13
- crime boss · 7
- mobster · 6
- police · 105
- remake · 101
- gangster · 85
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia Films, Initial Entertainment Group, Warner Bros. Pictures, Plan B Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 31m |
| Release Date | October 4, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0407887 |
| Official Site | thedeparted.com |