Horrible, depraved, really bad acting

Rating: 1/10 (21 August 2007)

I have to agree with the poster who said that Scorsese made this picture of depravity just for the sake of showing depravity. There is no saving grace about this movie: no storyline that anyone can follow, no scenes to uplift or make a person really think, just a bunch of mindless violence that does not mean anything. When are directors going to learn that blood and gore do not a good movie make? DUH.
It is amazing to me that people actually LIKED Daniel Day-Lewis' acting in this film; his accent was laughable all the way through. I was hoping he would get killed just to put me (the viewer) out of my misery.
Once again, we see Leonardo DiCaprio trying to be convincing as a Rambo-like character and not being able to pull it off. DiCaprio has been a bad actor from the beginning of his career. This movie shows that. He does not play a character that is believable in the least.
The only good part in this movie was the beginning battle scene with Liam Neeson. The film went downhill from there.
Why do so many people think that blood and guts and nothing more is sufficient to make a movie good? I'm mystified by that logic. Skip this movie at all costs -- you will be glad you did.