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For almost the first two-thirds of Martin Scorseses 168-minute Gangs of New York, I was entranced. ... This is undoubtedly why the title "New York City 1846" doesnt appear until the end of the prologue, after weve spent a good quarter of an hour watching massive crowds of Irish Catholics and American "nativists" hack one another to pieces on a huge foreign-looking turf identified as Manhattans Lower East Side, each group trying to eliminate the other. ...
Some of his more ambitious features -- including New York, New York (1977), The King of Comedy (1982), The Color of Money (1986), and Casino (1995) -- might even be said to be duels between adult and adolescent impulses. ...
Gangs of New Yorks murderous lout is Bill the Butcher, and though hes positioned as a patriarch in relation to Vallons callow lad, I wouldnt describe anything that emerges from their interaction as grown-up. Day-Lewiss brilliant school-of-Brando performance as this multifaceted monster is far and away the best reason to see Gangs of New York.
Approximate Word count = 1175
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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