Login
"When you kill a king, you don't stab him in the dark. You kill him where the entire court can watch him die."
I have always been a fan of Leonardo DiCaprio's movies, and I honestly the man is versatile. This is probably my favorite film of his, aside from Titanic. He is joined by other talented actors, such as Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, and Liam Neeson, who only had a bit part in the film as the father of DiCaprio's father. Young Amsterdam Vallon (Cian McCormack) watches as his father, Priest Vallon (Neeson) prepare for battle. He knows that the Irish are being shunned by the Americans, who believe that no outsiders should set foot in their land. That day is the day when Priest Vallon faces the leader of the American group, Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (Day-Lewis), in a fight which will determine who is more superior between the two kins. During the battle, however, Priest Vallon is slain, and despite a seemingly generous gesture by Cutting to have Vallon properly buried, the image and memory stays in little Amsterdam's mind, and haunts him until he grows up. Now a young man, Amsterdam (now played by DiCaprio) leaves the monastery where he grew up, and travels to New York, in order to find the man responsible for the death of his father. The storyline was fantastic, and the way Scorsese visualized and directed the film was admirable. He certainly captured the atmosphere of the times, and I marveled at the lengths he went through in order to make the film as historically accurate as possible. What can I say? Scorsese is the man. :))) The acting was superb, plus the sets and costumes made you feel as if you were in that time period. Fantastic film; one any Scorsese fan shouldn't live without.
10/10
