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Since the turn of the century, legendary director Martin Scorsese has increasingly made films with long running times and an epic story. That turnaround was already visible with the historical crime drama Gangs of New York, his first film of this century. This modern classic is on Spike Friday and you can Gangs of New York streaming via Amazon Prime and Pathé Thuis.
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The story
Priest Vallon, the father of Amsterdam, is murdered in a bloody fight between two gangs by William Cutting, aka Bill the Butcher. Amsterdam sees it happening as a child and leaves the city. Years later, he returns to the Manhattan of two centuries ago with only one goal: to get revenge. To accomplish this, he infiltrates Bill’s anti-immigrant gang. Meanwhile, he meets Jenny, a beautiful and sneaky pickpocket, who makes Amsterdam’s plan more difficult to carry out.
Review Guide.tv:
although Gangs of New York certainly contains crime elements, this is above all a historical drama written by Scorsese. The acclaimed filmmaker was able to indulge in some fantastic sets and costumes, as well as some beautiful mass scenes in store for us. As a result, the characters get a bit snowed in at times, but luckily there is a phenomenal role from Daniel Day-Lewis to keep us on our toes – he really plays everyone off the screen. This film is also notable as Scorsese’s first collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio. However, we see many more big names passing by: in small roles we see Henry Thomas, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson and Stephen Graham, among others.
Cast
In addition to Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up) en Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread) are also Cameron Diaz (There’s Something About Mary), Jim Broadbent (Paddington 2) and John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie) can be seen in Gangs of New York. This movie is directed by Martin Scorsese (The Irishman).
Gangs of New York (2002) is rated a 7.5 on IMDb and can be seen Friday, November 26 at 8:30 PM on Spike. Genre: drama, history, crime. Running time: 167 minutes.
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