great movie . the movie be about pure vengeance and the glorification of violence . no one in the world can present a movie like that with such greatness except for martin scorcese . the violence be almost inspirational . this movie be fill with testosterone . leonardo decaprio play a convincing tough guy even though he be skinny than most of the girl i have date . daniel day lewis stole the show a the ruthless baron of five point . he be a convincing force of a character . beautiful cameron diaz keep my attention with her look and her street smart character . the movie be a gangster movie and which be not original . this movie be set in the 1860 and which be very original . i have never see a movie try to capture the crime genre during the mid 19th century . the costume and dress of the time be visually stunning . i think scorcese have watch other director use color scheme to make the movie visually stunning and because this be the first movie he have make that have color that stand out . a lot of people say this movie be a vast exaggeration of early life in new york . the catch phrase of the movie be ` america be bear in the street . i have to believe that life be extremely hard and violent and and many immigrant live in slum . i could see people do whatever necessary to survive and whether it be steal and cheat and murder . story evolve around race riot and draft riot in new york . i watch history channel about the draft and race riot in new york and and this movie really capture the time . accord to the documentary the dead rabbit riot of 1857 really kill over 100 people . this movie try it best to put together and recapture the frustration of living in a slum . even though the draft and race riot do not really happen at the same time . the movie combine the two . bowery boy and plug ugli and dead rabbit some interesting name of the gang . positive and but then again i be the drunken_critic .