This time I watched it because there were no other movies that caught my interest. Even if it doesn't look good, it's not bad to see the handsome Leonardo.
Australia has "Australia", then this is "American Gangster" of American gangsters. It seems to be the history of the local people in the United States resisting immigrants after the American Civil War, when racial discrimination was prevalent and the underworld was prevalent (I am not very familiar with history, I don’t know if I am wrong). The story tells the story of the Dead rabbits gang and the Native gang in a challenge, Leo's father, the boss of the Dead rabbits gang, was killed, and the little Leo came back after 16 years for revenge.
After joining the Native gang, Leo gradually gained Bill's appreciation, and met N uncles of the old Dead rabbits gang, Diaz, a female thief who was taken care of by Bill since he was a child, and his old playmate. Leo re-established the Dead rabbits gang after a long-planned revenge operation failed. In the end, he provoked a duel with Bill's gang, which coincided with the riots of black and lower-class poor people, so the duel was also suppressed, but in the smoke of gunpowder Leo still got his wish Revenge.
The local gang boss is a person who likes to cut pork, nicknamed the butcher (I will never be called Bill when I have children in the future). He has a bit of morality, and put the image of his respected enemy in a corner, but in the final analysis, he is still selfish, conservative, cruel and crazy. Daniel Day-Lewis played it so well that it was only after a google search that he realized that he was the actor.
A couple of Leonardo's impressions: He's in the room with Diaz, Bill sits and watches them talking after a long time, and he's questioned by a loving uncle backstage after shooting the assassin for Bill. . I feel that acting well has something to do with the opponent and can lead each other in the show. Of course, Leo is also very good at acting. Originally, I thought Diaz was just a laughing beauty who only played the role of sun shine. I didn't expect a few of them to perform well. At least I didn't recognize her as Diaz right now.
I remember there was a monologue in Leo's heart throughout the film: It's a fanny feeling being took under the wing of a dragon, it's warmer than u think. It was after he felt Bill caring for him. Afterwards, they killed him in the dark, and they probably forgot that he was once the boy under his wing who was well-bred and treated. For the betrayal, the gang boss is very rational.
This film shows the history of gangsters in the United States, and also shows the history of the United States in the 19th century. Not even a historical film.
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