Great period film

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2003)

This period piece is set durring gang conflicts in New York city durring the period of the Civil War. Director Martin Scorsese and his production team have done a wonderful job with the period florishes, creating a film that is great to look at. Daniel Day-Lewis as the "bad guy" of the piece chews the scenery a bit much but is still good in his role and Leonardo DiCaprio as the young hood trying to take him down is also good. Cameron Diaz in kindof a thankless role as a woman whom has been involved with both men, does her best with an underwritten part. This film also features some tremendous fight scenes and is a very solid production that works very well. GRADE: A