It’s strange to watch a movie that’s almost as old as you are. You immediately replay in your head how old you were then, what you had in your life, what events happened at that time. In about the same way, you watch a movie and try to understand exactly how and what people lived in those times.

The issue of migration is always controversial, especially among indigenous people. All this leads to wars and the distribution of power in different territories. This is what Martin Scorsese’s film Gangs of New York is about. I don’t want to retell the plot and mention the characters, let’s just go through the feelings. This is the same film that the two of us have not watched yet, so it was all the more interesting to find out what exactly caused such delight in people that the film received so many awards.

In most cases, the list of actors’ names can tell you what kind of movie you’re going to watch. And if you pay attention to who was in the movie – we can safely say that the movie simply could not fail, at least with a lot of famous names. But what is hidden behind them?

The story is quite familiar, when a child’s father is killed and she plans to take revenge. This is not the first and not the last time that from the beginning of the film you understand how it will end. But the plot unfolds, and it begins to seem to you that everything will not be as it seemed. You even make theories about who will be “the one” who will turn history in their favor and write it. But…

Something starts to go wrong around the second half of the film. When the cards are open, you understand who is who and what his goals are, but, more importantly, the characters know the same thing. And here you are faced with stupidity that is impossible to forgive. Why? Well… because. Half the film shows us a character who lives by principles. He talks about how he “never killed honest people, except…” – but… At another moment, he begins to sharply hate the person whom a few minutes ago he praised and exalted to heaven. And you have a certain dissonance – how is that? What is the character’s worldview based on, if at one moment he says and does one thing, and at another it changes so much that it becomes difficult for you to understand “what was that?” – the first half of the film.

The main three actors (although half of the list is famous names) played the first half of the film wonderfully, and… surprisingly the second. There are certain elements of romance that are not revealed. There are certain elements of friendship that are destroyed. And in general, if you think about it, the whole film is about everyone being shit. Some are just because they were born that way, and others – because they think it’s easier to live in this world that way.

The film was interesting to watch for almost three hours. But there are few reasons why I could recommend it. It is no worse than similar films, but is it better?..