a great film

Rating: 8/10 (11 January 2003)

firstly, i would like to say that i thought this film was very good, it was defiently a must see.
Daniel Day Lewis, what can i say? he was absolutely awesome in this film, no one else could have played a better role and its defeintly Oscar worthy!
The set of this film, the atmosphere, the clothes, the buildings, they all made for a truely great film.
The few poor parts of the film were the open battle scene where Day Lewis started to kill people but there was no blood, no wounds, not even slight contact, it was very unreal.
There was also poor editing in this movie, with scenes suddenly jumping to the next out of nowhere.
DiCaprio was ok. his accent was very on off, and he just didnt seem like a good hero, i didnt feel like i was on his side. i wanted Bill the Butcher to win.
But it was Day Lewis' performance that made it a good film, without him there was would have been not too much to see.
overall, i will rate this 8/10. its a must see in the cinema, please just go see it