the big hit/departed conspiracy theory
so ... i'm guessing that after mark wahlberg blows off homeboys head for being a douche
he moves out to cali or w/e and becomes a hitman named Melvin Smiley
thus becoming the main character in The Big Hit which was made in 1998 and directed by Kirk Wong
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120609/
therefore the departed is the sequel to the big hit
making both movies even cooler than they were before :)