Scorsese and Day-Lewis is back with a vengeance

Rating: 8/10 (13 April 2003)

The world's best living director Martin Scorsese has made this epic, fabulous, dramatic and bloody movie about 19th Centuries New York City.
We've got good actors all the way; Daniel Day - Lewis (who rules), Cameron Diaz, John C. Reilly, Liam Neeson, Leo DiCaprio and more. It's excitement and high dramatic on the best level, it's cruel and evil all the way but in the same way packed with emotions and feelings.
"On your order Vallon" STORY: 1846 a battle between the native Americans lead by Bill the Butcher and the Irish immigrants lead by Priest Vallon takes place on Paradise square - Five Points in New York. Bill strikes the Priest down and kills him - 17 years later - the son returns for the vengeance of his father. Amsterdam Vallon has the strategy - on the early celebration of Bill's victory over the Priest he plans killing Bill in front off the crowds. He takes his way into the cruelty, evilness and ruling gang lead by Bill the Butcher going now under the name William Cutting. But longer and longer he gets into the circle he gets more and more fascinated by his father's murder. But sooner or later the truth has to reach the surface...and then, there will be no mercy...
"He was the last man I killed worth remembering" Daniel Day - Lewis deserves extremly much of the honour this being a good film, he does the best De Niro - he even does it better! His brilliant accent, style and cruelty, unforgettable quotes - yes, he is simply just perfect in his character as Bill the Butcher. His performance is there by declared as one of the film history's best characters - he simply steals the show with a twist on the finger.
Scorsese (GoodFellas, Casino, Kundun, The colour of the money, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver) has put art, fine and smooth - without doubt this was the best movie! It should have won all 10 Acedemy Awards!! They're back with a vengeance, wanting people too see that Day - Lewis still know how to act, and that really well too! The music is so moody and fine that the hair starts rising on your back - the movie is perfect in every way, it's so great and wonderful that sometimes it can't be described by words!
"I'm going to paint paradise square with his blood. Two coats!"
Leo DiCaprio did make one good movie before this; yes, don't be shy - or. Well, "Titanic" was after all a seriously good movie, but then he made this weird and stupid "The Beach" that got me starting don't like him. Now he returns with Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese on his lap - "Catch me if you can" and "Gangs of New York", but memorable movies! Cameron Diaz is also a actress with respect, though she maybe being a teenage - actor (It's something about Mary, The Sweetest Thing, My best friend's wedding, Charlie's Angels - ) she now shows that also she can be more then a pretty face. But as said, against Daniel Day - Lewis they are all just supporting roles. Nominated to 10 Oscars not winning one is a shame for the Oscars!

"That's a wound" Bloody, brutal and violent - in each way. Dramatic, romantic and epic in each way. Exciting, thrilling and stunning in each way. Big!!!