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Gangs of New York is set in 1860’s Five Points, lower Manhattan, a lawless cesspit of vice and violence where arguments were settled with fists and clubs and vendettas were pursued to the bitter end.

Into this cauldron comes Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo Di Caprio), the orphaned son of Priest Vallon, one-time chief of the Dead Rabbits gang that led the Irish immigrants in the Five Points.