Crime cliches

The departed 

The Departed is a typical crime cliche film. In the opening two minutes we see the gang leader who everybody fears. We see the gang leader manipulate a boy from a young age. This boy then goes onto becoming a cop who becomes the corrupt cop who is indercover for him. This interests the audience as they are interested to know hwy the gang leader is so interested in this boy and what he is going to get him to do now he's on the bad side. There is also the neighbourhood aspect in this film, the gang leader has grown up in this neighbourhood and many people fear him. Also the undercover cop has links to the neighbour hood too as it is his childhood hometown. In the opening two minutes we also see violence as a shop is destroyed and a man is harmed with glass. When the corrupt cop is first interviewed there is the idea of good cop, bad cop during his interrigation. The good cop is the old wizened cop and the bad cop is just a strong minded cop who doesn't dare trust anybody. This is an effective crime opening because it starts off high paced and immediately interests the audience as they want to know what is going to happen.