During the war between the indigenous people (born in America) and the Irish in Old New York City in 1846, Bill the Butcher killed a man with a brutal way. After many years, a young called Amsterdam Vallon comes to the area in an attempt to get his father revenge, seeking to kill the dangerous man, Bill the Butcher.
28 November 1966, Evanston, Illinois, USA
13 May 1946, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK
1946
11 January 1953, Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
20 March 1934, Obrawalde, Meseritz, West Prussia, Germany [now Obrzyce, Miedzyrzecz, Lubuskie, Poland]
18 November 1941, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
1954 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
29 January 1978, Los Angeles, California, USA
7 June 1952, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
1948, Dublin, Ireland
1950, Tipton, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, UK
1975, Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland
30 August 1972, San Diego, California, USA
10 January 1962, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
24 May 1949, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
4 May 1978, Los Angeles County, California, USA
March 02, 2012
Scorsese scores some fine political points along the way and demonstrates the mastery of his craft in every scene, but the underlying theme of brutal revenge at any cost loses its way too early on...
January 16, 2003
What we're left with has the patness of a history lesson about our roots and the melting pot and what it means to be an American.
January 14, 2003
You have to honor its mad ambition. But sadly, it feels like a dream too long deferred.
February 09, 2006
It's never less than compelling, driven by an overwhelming, larger than life performance from Day-Lewis and by Scorsese's grandiose historical imagination.
January 13, 2003
Scorsese's congested, conflicted, entrancing achievement.
February 03, 2010
[A] flawed masterpiece.
February 18, 2009
The whole may not add up to the sum of its parts, but it's difficult to dismiss the brilliance of those parts.
November 23, 2010
One of Scorsese's weakest films, a wannabe historical epic that's essentially a formulaic revenge saga; the only reason to see it is Daniel Day-Lewis' compelling performance as Bill the Butcher.
December 24, 2010
Brilliant but devastating. High schoolers and up.
October 18, 2008
It's a story of such relevance to New York, to America and even to the rest of the world, that just had to be told on film with as much impact as a filmmaker can muster. And Martin Scorsese musters much.
January 16, 2003
The result reverberates on the screen with a deadly force and fury more intense than anything Mr. Scorsese has yet achieved on the meanest and most beloved streets he could imagine or recall.
January 09, 2003
A triumph of pure craft and passionate heart.
