A Nutshell Review: Gangs of New York

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2005)

I guess the one thing on everyone's mind about the show, just what is so NC about the NC-16 rating that is slapped on this movie currently screening in local theatres
Your search is over, here are the answers: 1. The bloody opening gang fight, which one suspects has been snipped at some points ever so carefully by the censors 2. There is a nightclub scene which has prostitutes baring their chests 3. In that scene they smoke opium 4. Sorry guys, you do not see Ms Diaz exposed ala Halle Berry in NC-16 Swordfish
Synopsis OK, now to the movie proper, just 4 words: Daniel Day-Lewis Rocks. If you think that is 3 words, you're just being petty. The first 10 minutes of raw gang power's the best thing in the show, other than that... sad to say, there ain't no more of an all out gang war despite the rebuilding of The Dead Rabbits. The plot is choppy at times, probably because the show had to be cut down to a more butt-tolerable length of 169mins.
The Good Leo Di Caprio's Amsterdam resurrects The Dead Rabbits. Hmm... that good? :P
The Bad Daniel "Bill The Butcher" Day-Lewis' moustache is bad @ss!
The Ugly Yup, lotsa ugly extras in the show :P
What are you waiting for, move your butt and hit the theatres, now!