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Gangs of New York
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- 2002
- Martin Scorsese
- 159 mins
- 18
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Oscar-nominated period crime drama from director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and Daniel Day-Lewis. New York in the mid-19th century: young boy Amsterdam Vallon witnesses his father's death in a bloody battle between rival street gangs. Years later, Amsterdam worms his way into the group responsible, determined to wipe out its sinister leader, Bill "the Butcher" Cutting.
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A star rating of 3 out of 5.
Ian Freer
Director Martin Scorsese brought his fascination with the New York underworld back to its bloody, primal roots with this brutal, occasionally muddled but always riveting dream project that centres on Manhattan gang warfare in the 1860s. It begins with a gruesome street battle between the Nativists (gang members of Anglo-Saxon descent) and the Dead Rabbits (more recently arrived Irish-Americans), during which the latter's leader, Priest Vallon (a brief but striking appearance from Liam Neeson), is slaughtered in front of his young son. Sixteen years later, Vallon's son, Amsterdam (played by Leonardo DiCaprio in a disappointingly one-note performance), returns to the Five Points district in New York where the Nativists now rule supreme and insinuates himself with the gang in order to avenge his father. However, his evolving relationship with Nativist boss Bill "the Butcher" Cutting (a searing performance from Daniel Day-Lewis) tempers his anger and provides the young man with a dilemma. If the film never marries its complex political intrigue with the more simplistic personal stories - the surrogate father-son set-up between Amsterdam and Bill or Amsterdam's spiky romance with pickpocket Jenny Everdeane (Cameron Diaz) - the epic sweep is breathtaking, the attention to detail intoxicating and Day-Lewis's turn is unmissable.
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rolenameAmsterdam VallonLeonardo DiCaprioWilliam Cutting, "Bill the Butcher" Daniel Day-LewisJenny EverdeaneCameron DiazPriest VallonLiam NeesonWilliam "Boss" TweedJim BroadbentHappy JackJohn C ReillyJohnny SiroccoHenry ThomasWalter "Monk" McGinnBrendan GleesonCharles McGloinGary LewisShangStephen GrahamKilloranEddie MarsanPT BarnumRoger Ashton-GriffithsMr SchermerhornDavid HemmingsMrs SchermerhornBarbara BouchetReverend RaleighAlec McCowenHorace GreeleyMichael ByrneHell-Cat MaggieCara SeymourWealthy homeownerMartin ScorseseHarry WatkinsJohn SessionsCalvinist ministerTim Pigott-SmithWoman accompliceAngela Pleasence
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rolenameDirectorMartin Scorsese
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Entertainment
Released on
2003-01-10
Languages
English | Latin | Irish | Chinese
Guidance
Violence, swearing, sex scenes and nudity.
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video, DVD and Blu-ray
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