Gangs of New York (2002) movie poster

Gangs of New York (2002)

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👍 87%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 72%
DramaHistoryCrime

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Runtime
2h 48m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America, Italy
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.3/10 (7,108 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
72

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio as Amsterdam Vallon · 77% avg
Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting · 74% avg
Cameron Diaz as Jenny Everdeane · 70% avg
Jim Broadbent as Boss Tweed · 72% avg
John C. Reilly as Happy Jack · 73% avg
Henry Thomas as Johnny Sirocco · 72% avg
Liam Neeson as 'Priest' Vallon · 71% avg
Brendan Gleeson as Walter 'Monk' McGinn · 73% avg

Is Gangs of New York good?

Yes. 87% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 72%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#411 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#20 / 149 · 2002
Rank among its director's films
#7 / 22 · Martin Scorsese

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Gangs of New York is a 2002 American epic historical crime drama directed by Martin Scorsese. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Amsterdam Vallon, a young Irish-American who returns to the notorious Five Points neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in 1862 to avenge his father's murder at the hands of Bill "The Butcher" Cutting, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, a xenophobic gang leader who controls the neighborhood with brutal authority. Amsterdam infiltrates Bill's inner circle, earning the Butcher's trust and affection while secretly plotting his destruction, all against the backdrop of the Civil War draft riots that nearly tear New York City apart.

Daniel Day-Lewis's performance as Bill the Butcher was a masterwork of theatrical menace — his glass eye, meticulously maintained mustache, and American flag-draped cloak made him one of the most visually and verbally unforgettable villains in Scorsese's filmography. The production, which took nearly 20 years to develop and involved massive practical sets built at Rome's Cinecittà Studios, was one of the most ambitious and troubled in modern Hollywood. Gangs of New York earned $193 million worldwide and received ten Academy Award nominations.

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