Imagine Manhattan in the 1860s, a time before the city was beautified and primed for the big screen, before glamor and glamor took over. Amsterdam Vallan (DiCaprio) is a young Irishman who emigrates to the United States at a young age. The story of Amsterdam is set in the Five Points District of New York, a dirty and dangerous area of ​​the city before it was erased from history. As a boy Vallan witnessed his father's murder at the hands of William Cutting or Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis) during one of their many gang wars. As Amsterdam's story progresses together with the Butcher, they become inseparable, but Amsterdam had an ulterior motive. Ultimately, Amsterdam attempts to betray her new ally to avenge her father's death. Historical accounts of events are almost always summarized by the narrator; in the Gangs of New York case Martin Scorsese tells of Five Points, The Dead Rabbits Riots and The Draft Riots, but is his fictional story accurate through history?" This is the place; these narrow streets that diverge left and right, and they smell of dirt and filth everywhere... Do many of these pigs live here? Do they ever wonder why their owners walk upright instead of walking on all fours, and why they talk instead of grunting?" (Dickens 61) The extravagant filth described by Charles Dickens was a first-hand account of the intersection of Orange Street, Cross Street, Anthony Street, and Little Water Street, better known as Five Points New York. It became the setting for many 17th century gangs, but the most notable were the Bowery Boys and the Dead Rabbits. This evil part of the city was known for its depravity and crimes that flooded the streets, from mugging to murder. Clearly, the slums were the place for v...... middle of paper ......• Burrows, Edwin G., and Mike Wallace. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford UP, 1999. Print.• Cocks, Jay, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. “Gangs Of New York Final Script.” Network. .• Dickens, Charles and Patricia Ingham. American Notes for General Circulation. London: Penguin, 2000. Print.• Ellis, Edward Robb. and Jeanyee Wong. The epic of New York City. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf, 2005. Print.• "REST AND BLOOD SPILLING; THE FIGHT IN COW BAY...THE CITY UNDER ARMS." The New York Times. 6 July 1857. Web. .• Sifakis, Carl. The Encyclopedia of American Crime. New York: Facts on File, 2001. Print.• Slayton, Robert A. Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith. New York: Free, 2001. Print.