"America was born in the streets". Is this movie supposed to honor or disgrace "America"?

Rating: 1/10 (25 August 2004)

It seems that blood and gore is more important than the story, which by the way is weak. The entire beginning scene in which the gangs are fighting against each other with butcher knives is just plain wrong.
The fact that it got nominated for 10 Oscars, makes me sick. I have lost most of my respect for the Academy. I thought it was very horrible. Very poor movie. Very bad story-telling. The directing was mediocre. I hated the acting. The fact that Lionardo Di Caprio is in it, hurts it even more. I hated this movie to the fullest extent.
This is quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen.
I would like to give it a 0/10 but I need to acknowledge the fact that it got completed and was released to the general public. 1/10, final score.