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Payton 2022-04-20 09:01:08
All civilizations have a tragic and unforgettable past
The film directed at Daniel Lewis, indeed, his superb acting skills overshadowed Leonardo and Cameron, and played a brutal but flesh-and-blood gang boss.
If the film ends at an hour and a half, it's just a gangster version of a clichéd Prince's Revengeance, but the next hour elevates it. Let us see... -
Shaun 2022-04-19 09:01:13
The logic of struggle in the "slaughterhouse"
Go to the cinema to see an in-house movie. It's a little pity that simultaneous translation spoils the auditory pleasure. However, the two-and-a-half-hour-long film is really shocking, and I often hear the audience in the back row exclaiming and sighing. The mighty United States, which can be...
Ilaria D'Elia
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Garry 2021-10-20 19:00:39
Martin tried to put a traditional gangster story in a larger and more complex context and give it more social meaning, but he did not do enough to grasp and guide the latter, which made the film convey the meaning. Not strong enough, it's not as good as pure revenge; the bitter beginning and the chaotic ending have a wonderful and absurd fateful echo, Lewis has once again great performance, but it is a pity that it is diluted by the film itself.
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[speaking of Bill the Butcher]
Jenny: When I was twelve years old, my mother was dead, and I was livin' in a doorway. He took me in. Took care of me, in his way. After they cut out the baby... well, he doesn't fancy girls that's scarred up. But you might as well know in your own mind that he never laid a hand on me until I asked him to.
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[as a man is about to be hung]
Bill: That's a fine locket. I'll give you a dollar for it.
Arthur: It was me mother's...
Bill: Dollar and a half?
Arthur: Done.
