Gangs of New York

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2006)

I saw this film by recommendation and i have to say despite its large amounts of violence it was rather enjoyable. Martin S. takes a rather overlooked part of history and makes it into something grand and gritty. Leonardo DiCaprio plays the role of Amsterdam perfectly, he makes his character such an unlikable and hopeless antagonist quite out of the norm, you can't help but applaud his characterization. The violence of the movie sets the mood of the turbulence of the time and the instability. However, I found that their was not much depth for a film of this length making it feel short and a bit more like a sketch. Despite this i would highly recommend it as well