The Dead Rabbits, the Plug Ugly's, the 40 Thieves, the Slaughter Houser's and the Confederation of American Natives. All historical gangs of New York during the late 1800's. Though a fictional story, Gangs of New York is centered in historical accounts of the time period.
Critics gave the move good reviews. Nominated for 10 academy awards, the nearly 3 hour-long movie has however received mixed reviews from my friends. My friend Miles owns a copy. He loves the battle scenes and is repeatedly drawn to imagining himself living in such an environment. "Just think what it would be like have to watch your back all the time. You'd have to be a little crazy to survive. I can't believe that's what it was like in America just 100 years ago." He also got a kick out of the special features which include a history channel special.
My roommate Ryan does not agree. He thought there were some cool fight scenes but the movie was much longer than needed. "I was thinking the movie was going to end soon and then the words appear, 'insert disk two.' I should have just gone to bed." Indeed the movie seems to be endlessly building up towards a dramatic finish. When the end finally comes however, it is mixed with chaos from the parallel story of the political situation and riots. Almost after the fact is the anticlimactic hero vs. villain scene where Amerstdam Valon (Leonardo DiCaprio) is to exact revenge on the evil Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis) for killing his father, scarring him for life, abusing his girlfriend (Cameron Diaz) and his people. The end to this long movie can leave one wondering, "Is that it?".
Never the less, I found value in this movie simply from a fascinating and educational perspective. It gives yet another window into the toil and danger of immigration and the unrest of the civil war period in America. Also of note is the sociological insight into the world of gangs. The movie prompted me to think about the function of gangs.
Gangs of New York is set in 19th century. ... The two main groups in the movie Gangs of New York are the Dead Rabbits and the Native Americans. ... After this time Amsterdam, the son, returns to New York motivated to kill Bill in revenge. ... Amsterdam tried to lead a new version of the Dead Rabbits gang. ... The draft brought increased tension to New York. ...
Gangs aren't anything new. ... In the late 1890s and early 1900s immigration rolled into the United States , directly into New York City . ... With Paul Kelly as leader Johnny Torrio would recruit street hoodlums from all places across New York City to their gang . " The Five Points Gang" became a "playground" to many young street gangsters, and a main source of operations for the Mafia. ... Born in New York and recited as a young teenager , Al 'Scarface' Capone became a name remembered whenever thinking of gangs of the past . ... The gangs of today follow a v...
American gang membership began evolving in the early 1800s, originating in large urban cities like Chicago and New York. ... In the 1970s and 1980s, the crack cocaine epidemic spread profoundly through the inner-city streets in cities like Los Angeles, Harlem, and other parts of New York and California. ... So when the gang becomes their new family and they are willing to do anything to keep that feeling relevant; that is usually where the violence comes in at. ... New members are assigned certain tasks to get recognition and prove that they are "down, " whether it be them getting ju...
GANGS OF NEW YORK FILM REVIEW (OPENING FIGHT SCENE) Gangs of New York is about the gangs that populated the 5 Points in the late 1840's in New York, a forgotten era of American history. ... *The camer's were constatly zoom in and out, moving all around the gang members fighting which gives the fight scene a frantic feel. ... *As the rival gangs draw first blood, we are shown a scene of men falling.. ...
Gangs and criminal organizations" come in many forms - street gangs, youth gangs, organized crime gangs, drug gangs, terrorist gangs, prison gangs, etc.. ... Saskatoon has 580 gang members in 11 gangs made up by Aboriginals, Vancouver has 550 gang members in 35 gangs made up by Asians, Montreal has 500 gang members in 20 gangs made up by African-Canadian. ... Regina has 275 gang members made up by one gang of Aboriginals. ... York Region has 200 gang members made up of African-Canadian. ... On March 31, 2013, there was a shooting at the York dale Toronto mall it involved numerous people. ...
Gangs Gangs today are no different from the gangs of the 1900's. ... Gangs from the 1900's had mob leaders and gang leaders just like today's leaders. ... Gangs today beat and murder other gangs or even innocent civilians for money reasons or even respect in a gang. ... Each gang had names, as well as the gang members did. ... Some of the main gang states in the United States would be Los Angelus, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Georgia. ...
Other cities where gangs haven't been a big issue such as Philadelphia, New York, and Miami, have been experiencing either no change at all or a decline in the rate of homicides. ... This article discusses how gangs are effecting a new trend in Garden Grove California. ... There seems to be gang related violence associated with these new hang outs. ... It has not been a conscious effort on the part of the gangs to have new territory. Families move, their children keep their ties to the gangs they were a part of in the bigger cities, and therefore create new chapters of the gang in the...
Presented Problem- Gangs As defined by Sgt. ... These new "gang leaders" gain their control by setting in motion violence and anti-authority defiance among youths in these areas and thus the gang problem continues (CNN, 1997). ... An early study by the Illinois State Police noted that a gang called the Forty Thieves was founded in New York about 1820 and this gang was believed to be the first youth gang in the United States (Sheldon, 1997). ... In the 50's, gang warfare between African-American and Hispanic gangs peaked in big cities like Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago, New Yor...
National Gang Threat Assessment. ... While reducing the level of gang operation in more urban environments, the emigration of urban gangs to surrounding communities raises a whole new set of problems. ... In this article Gail Stewart shows how ex-military personnel with gang affiliations are assisting gang leaders in training current and future gang members and how gangs are infiltrating big businesses. ... Stewart explains how gang leaders encourage gang members with clean arrest records to apply for jobs with corporations to facilitate money making for the gangs. ... No longer are gangs jus...
