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Gangs Of New York Movie Rating: 
Epic & Powerful | |
| In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) returns after a 16-year absence to a crime-ridden district of New York City called Five Points to avenge the murder of his father (Liam Neeson). Instead, he's taken under the wing of the man who killed him, the neighbourhood's ruthless leader, Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (a splendid Daniel Day-Lewis). | |
| With rampant governmental corruption, escalating immigration, and the Civil War threatening to destroy the city, tensions mount between Cutter's band of ruling "Natives" and the Irish "Dead Rabbits," the gang once led by Vallon's father, forcing Vallon to choose sides once and for all. An epic in every sense of the word, director Martin Scorsese's powerful exploration of class and racial prejudice wonderfully captures a defining moment in New York City history. |
Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio. © Miramax Films. |
| This sweet, non-threatening movie is not much of a satire on small-town life, but a few quirky plot twists make it a cut above most romantic comedies. | |
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