Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
cferaco reviewedSeptember 22, 2025
Gangs of New York is Scorsese going full epic, trading the tight intimacy of his dark age for a sprawling blood-soaked opera about the birth of America. Daniel Day-Lewis devours the screen as Bill the Butcher, a villain so magnetic he overshadows everything around him, even DiCaprio’s revenge arc. The film is messy, brutal, and uneven, but it’s also Scorsese at his most ambitious, stitching violence, politics, and vengeance into a vision of a nation built on knives and betrayal.