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Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
6.7
/10
7,930 Ratings

GANGS OF NEW YORK

Directed by Martin Scorsese
United States, 2002
History, Drama, Crime, Romance

Synopsis

It’s 1863. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.

Synopsis

It’s 1863. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.

Our take

Martin Scorsese has never made a western, but that genre’s approach to myth-making finds its urban equivalent in this vigorous historical epic. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day Lewis, the vastly underrated Gangs of New York carries even more political potency today than it did on release.