In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

Leonardo DiCaprio
as Amsterdam Vallon

Daniel Day-Lewis
as Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting

Cameron Diaz
as Jenny Everdeane

Jim Broadbent
as Boss Tweed

John C. Reilly
as Happy Jack

Henry Thomas
as Johnny Sirocco

Liam Neeson
as 'Priest' Vallon

Brendan Gleeson
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn

Gary Lewis
as McGloin

Stephen Graham
as Shang
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I recall meeting Daniel Day-Lewis some years ago, he had just stepped from his motor bike and proved to be a charming, engaging man extremely far removed from the racist and odious "Bill the Butcher" character he so expertly creates in this hard, gritty and brutal depiction of the almost tribal exis...