‘Department’ throws light on the power struggle that exists in the police department and one expects RGV to narrate a story we haven't heard or witnessed before. Sadly, the already exhausted genre curtails the maverick film-maker to spring surprises. To put it bluntly, the flick is old wine packaged in a brand new bottle. Right from the characters, which we have witnessed in so many films of this genre, to the twists and turns in the story, RGV borrows from the past endeavours, instead of moving frontward. Besides, in an attempt to make it more mass-friendly, more 'commercial', RGV forcibly injects a couple of songs in the narrative that are completely unwelcome in an enterprise that's out to depict realism. It is neither novel, nor experimental, but a return to the tried and tested formula. A highly disappointing movie!