excellent spaghetti eastern gangster western

Rating: Null/10 (20 January 2003)

gangs of new york is an excent movie.daniel day lewis steals the movie whenever he appears on screen.matin scorsesse with gangs of new york has created a spaghetti(italian)eastern gangster western of epic proportions.there is a heavy sergio leone spaghetti western influence to gangs of n.y. the sergio leone influence is the revenge plot ala once upon a time in the west(1969),the homage to hanging scenes in the good,the bad and the ugly(1966)the extreme closeups,period detail,and the trenchcoat worn by bill in the battle in the beginning.plus the ennio morriconesque type instrumental version of the hands that built america with the italian western style end titles.martin scorsesse admitted he is a fan of sergio leone and that gangs of new york is his italian western.is it a 100% accurate historically no but nether was leones movies.go out and see this entertaining movie.