Daniel Day-Lewis's performance is fascinating.

Rating: 10/10 (17 January 2003)

One of the best films made by Scorsese. Daniel Day-Lewis gives a solid performance (one of the best I've seen in years) and ofcourse the direction. What I love about Scorsese is the fact that he makes violence look frightening and that's really how it is, unlike in movies like James Bond series, or XXX that make the audience think of it as funny(cool) scenes, which it really is not. Violence is horrible and that's how it should be pictured, unlike some would say. The movie's powerful scenes performed by Day-Lewis are startling, dazzling and stunning, which at one point was so realistically shocking that stunned me transfixed on the seat for minutes. Certainly an oscar worthy picture.