Decent acting, boring story

Rating: 3/10 (23 October 2005)

Maybe it was due to high expectations, but I found this movie boring. The acting was OK, especially Daniel-Day Lewis, but the plot was simply not good. I also just don't see Leonardo as a "tough" leader of a gang.
The writers tried to bring in the historical riots surrounding the Civil War, but the connection on film simply wasn't made. They showed these riots (a little bit), but didn't really show how this connected in with the main characters.
I also find it stupid that Leonardo wants to kill Daniel-Day Lewis and waits until he has a really bad opportunity. Leonardo was his side-kick for quite a long time and could have easily killed him dozens of times. It is this kind of thing that makes me think that the writers just mailed it in and hoped that the acting would save the movie.
The love angle between Cameron Diaz (cute as a button as a redhead) and Leonardo sort of just appeared