APUSH movie review

Rating: 8/10 (22 December 2016)

The start of the movie was interesting with the fight scene and showing part of Amsterdam's's (Leonardo DiCaprio) past. The movie was very violent but at many parts it was very good. During some of the "slow parts" (parts of no fighting) it did get kind of boring but in most parts it was interesting.The play with Abraham Lincoln was kind of confusing because I thought that it was actually Lincoln but then soon realized he was hanging from a rope. There are many fight scenes in this movie and I think that it kind of keeps the movie going. They do not talk about the killed father at the beginning much, but they do mention him to keep Amsterdam in place. Cameron Diaz' character was not very beneficial to the story but she did add an interesting part of the story. The torture scene that Amsterdam is in looked very painful and very unnecessary. Amsterdam's revenge on his father's killer went downhill for him after that torture scene. After Jenny helped Amsterdam out she was not really needed. So pretty much, Amsterdam did a good job trying to kill his father's murderer and Jenny was not really needed in the story. The movie did point out many different accurate historical events such as the 5-point plan. The movie was well done and nicely laid out with a lot of fight scenes and many love parts in the entirety.