The Warriors meets Riverdance

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2003)

Silly gang names, poorly staged fight scenes and a hackneyed plot that doesn't deserve the rich historical context. One gets the feeling that the final product is not the film that Scorsese truly wanted to make. Scenes such as the draft office riots are truly interesting and it's in these scenes that the director seems truly engaged. Unfortunately these moments are infrequent and are forced to take the back seat to a stale revenge plot.

So many questions are unanswered here and it's anyone's guess as to what motivates these thin characters. While Daniel Day Lewis's performance fares better than the rest of the cast, the film's flaws are so fundamental that nothing can save it.