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.

A.O. Scott (The New York Times): “A vast, turbulent spectacle, animated by rage, history, and grand ambition.”

Pauline Kael (The New Yorker): “Wild, unruly, and operatic—Scorsese attacking American myth at full throttle.”